Ocean City Fire Department hosts Investigating Youth Set Fires
February 5th-6th, 2025
Ocean City Fire Department HQ
1409 Philadelphia Ave
Ocean City, MD 21842
February 5th, 2025 - 8am-5pm
February 6th, 2025 - 8am-Noon
Investigating Youth Set Fires is a 1 1/2 day class that provides law enforcement and fire investigators the specific tools needed to investigate and identify youth who set fires. It specifically addresses the legal rights of juveniles, interviewing and interrogating techniques for youth of different development levels, and the creation of a case file that can be used to proceed with criminal prosecution or as a referral basis for non-criminal actions. The course reinforces a multi-disciplinary team approach consisting of a fire investigator, a police/arson investigator, a juvenile justice professional and a district or prosecuting attorney. It models the kind of cooperation that is needed to successfully investigate and intervene with a juvenile who is misusing fire or explosives.
The class is tested at 12 hours.
Pre-requisites for the class:
Introduction to Youth-Set Fires
Legal Aspects of Investigating Youth-Set Fires
All IAAI offerings are subject to cancellation or changes.