Fires in abandoned or vacant buildings played a role in this epidemic. Firefighters around the country do the very best they can with short budgets and even shorter public attention spans. They are our true heroes, day in and day out. One opportunity to make our own community more aware of the fight against arson begins today. The diligence and hard work of both public and private investigators towards the identification and reduction of arson should be recognized and supported by everyone.
Arson wears many faces.
Arson is a troubled kid with the lighter . . . Those statistics are frightening-and sobering. National Arson Awareness Week should make all of us perk up our ears and respond to our local fire departments call for community support in the war against arson. The most effective way of combating arson, of course, is simply to prevent it from happening. That takes more than just federal dollars, it takes bodies of committed people.