Deliberate fire-setting on more than one occasion Tension or affective excitement before the act Obsession with and about fire Pleasure and gratification by the act. IV American Psychiatric Association. Pyromania is an impulse to set fires.
Most children go through a stage where they like to see fire.
This is normal. If they are taught about fire safety, supervised children can assist adults around a campfire. Some children still manage to sometimes sneak away and play with fire. This is frightening, but it is not a psychiatric disorder. A person with pyromania does not set fires for money, to express political beliefs, to hide signs of a crime, or to show anger.