SOS FIRES: Youth Intervention Programs
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YFIRS - Youth Firesetting Information Recording System

by SOS FIRES

February 3, 2008 If you are a user of the YFIRS Data System, please go to the YFIRS page for the latest update.
NEW NAME ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL PAGE

by SOS FIRES

January 7, 2008 A new name has been added to the Memorial Page.  While not often the case, this time it is an adult.  The adult was a firefighter.  This first listed child-caused fire death for 2008 took the life of a firefighter who fought the blaze set by a child.  Youth firesetting can take firefighter lives as easily as children's lives.  
NEW NAME ADDED TO THE MEMORIAL PAGE

by SOS FIRES

October 2, 2007 Five names have been added to the Memorial Page.  The lives were lost in a fire set by a 10 year old boy.  Visit all the names listed to help you understand the devastating costs associated with youth firesetting behaviors.
NEW ARTICLE ADDED

by G. Scott Burlin

August 30, 2007 A new article has been added to the "What's New" page of the SOS FIRES web site.  It is called "An Examination of Juvenile Firesetting and the Reasons Kids Set Fires."  It explores a group of kids and how their firesetting behavior might be categorized.  It also explores the categorizations established in other studies.  
RESEARCH ON YOUTH FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR FROM NEW ZEALAND 

added by SOS FIRES

May 20, 2007 A new research report has been added to the "What's New" page of the SOS FIRES web site. It was conducted on behalf of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission and explores comparisons in deliberately set fires and the prevention programs in New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Canada. It offers some very interesting reading and is worth a look. Check it out today on the SOS FIRES web site. Go to the What's New page and under "Research Reports," find "International Approaches to Reducing Deliberately Lit Fires: Statistical Data and Fire Investigations."
NEW ARTICLE ADDED 

by SOS FIRES

April 9, 2007 A new article has been added to the "What's New" page of the SOS FIRES web site. It is titled "When do Children 'Know Better?" Consider the statement made by many parents "...my child knew better than to play with fire." This article presents some perspective on that idea. Check it out and all the other information on the SOS FIRES web site.
NEW ARTICLE ADDED 

by SOS FIRES

February 8, 2007 Have you wondered how many JFIS Level I and II courses have been delivered? Have you wondered how many professionals have been trained? Check out this article to see how big the movement for knowledge in the youth firesetting intervention field has been.

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