A practical field guide for advanced arson investigation techniques involved in wildland fire investigations. The book describes traditional investigative steps, along with modern techniques, and the integration profiling/analysis and field craft for the modern wildland arson investigator.

Arson Investigation consists of true actual cases of arson. Photographs that were taken are included to indicate how the fires were started. These arsons include murder, organized crime, cover-up for other crimes, and more. Investigative techniques prepare the investigator to obtain sufficient evidence in order to convict the fire setter and then present this information as an expert witness in a court of law. Technical information is replete in the text. In addition, serious and dangerous crimes are presented, including the infamous Chowchilla bus kidnapping, where twenty-six children were abducted.

"Wildfire arson is often considered an impossible crime to solve. Likewise, offenders frequently consider themselves undetectable. And many agencies often do not have the specialist skills necessary to investigate those responsible for serial wildfire ignitions. As such, perpetrators continue to light fires with little to no likelihood of being caught. An ongoing series of deliberately lit wildfires can result in significant financial and environmental consequences and put life and property at risk. This Wildlife Arson Prevention Guide provides law enforcement, land management and fire agency investigators with frameworks, strategies, and tactics-that can be adopted to address deliberate wildfire ignitions in their jurisdiction. Often this crime is automatically given to law enforcement agencies to solve in isolation, whereas a collaborative approach across key agencies has proven essential in apprehending offenders. This valuable guidebook fills a void in the literature, detailing a collaborative approach through the adoption of successful best practice investigation techniques. Many may be applicable to-and better serve-smaller rural communities, while others can be adopted in more populated wildfire prone areas. The book recognises that some small rural agencies may have less capacity to address the issue and may need to modify the recommended methods; ideally, the text encourages the establishment of collaborative arrangements to work with larger or adjoining agencies, to help solve their serial wildfire arson cases. The book highlights successfully adopted measures that can be embraced by key agencies who have a responsibility in wildfire ignition prevention. Currently, no similar all-encompassing handbook exists to guide agencies to address this growing worldwide problem. The strategies and tactics are presented in a format that can be easily aligned to jurisdictions within countries that are at risk of wildfire. The commonly recognised motives behind wildfire arson are detailed to provide agency investigators a background to this often-misunderstood offence.The Wildlife Arson Prevention Guide provides the tools that will help authorities to identify those responsible and result in stronger, safer communities"--

The first of its kind detailed look at the use and analysis of incendiary devices found during actual arson investigations. The author is a internationally known expert on arson, arsonists, and serial arson investigations. The book is designed to be a reference guide for arson and serial arson investigators and arson profilers.

Provides police and fire investigators with frameworks, strategies, and tactics across agencies to address intentional fire starting in their local jurisdictions. The book presents outlines why offenders deliberately light fires offering tactics and strategies to identify and prosecute arsonists.

The Wildland Fire Incident Management Field Guide is a revision of what used to be called the Fireline Handbook, PMS 410-1. This guide has been renamed because, over time, the original purpose of the Fireline Handbook had been replaced by the Incident Response Pocket Guide, PMS 461. As a result, this new guide is aimed at a different audience, and it was felt a new name was in order.