Illuminate your home and yard. Install exterior lights and motion detectors especially for your garage and alley. Establish or join a block club or neighborhood watch group. This is a good way to meet your neighbors AND prevent crime. Move garbage carts and cans away from houses, garages, and fences.
Garbage can fires can easily spread to the eaves of structures and cause major damage.
Deal with juvenile fire setting issues within your home and neighborhood. Youths who set fires out of curiosity are distinct from those who do so with destructive intent. Call your local fire department for more information. If you have information about an arson fire, please call and share your knowledge. You may call 24-hours a day and remain anonymous.