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The Great Lakes Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program is a division of E.S.C.A.P.E., Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization, and is comprised of a consortium of professionals from the mental health, criminal justice and fire service communities, dedicated to the identification and treatment of child and adolescent fire setting behavior through the delivery of the GLJFS F*I*R*E Program.

The Great Lakes Juvenile Fire Setter Intervention Program's F*I*R*E Curriculum is committed to the identification & treatment of firesetting behavior in the adolescent and juvenile environment.

Started as a program to augment and enhance the already successful 'Massachusetts State Wide Coalition for Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Program', our F*I*R*E Program has evolved into a very unique and successful program that is now a 'stand-alone' curriculum for identifying and treating the child and adolescent firesetter.
 

This program was developed with the added hope that a successful distinction could be realized between the traditional Fire Prevention Programs currently being delivered to children in the schools, and the Fire Intervention Programs that we offer to children and adolescents already involved in negative fire activities.

• 'Hands-On' Style of Instruction is interesting and makes the students want to learn.
• 'Live' demonstrations & participation, focusing on the child's individual interest in fire.

• Determine the suitability of the child for this type of treatment through an evaluation with a licensed mental health clinician and fire personnel.
• Determine the child's acceptance for this type of treatment.
• Involvement of the child in their own treatment by the means of 'empowerment'.
• Classroom sessions including information on basic fire science, home escape plans, home fire safety & prevention and the appropriate use of fire.
• Hands-on sessionsincluding fire extinguisher use, handling charged fire hoses, understanding & using firefighter's gear, understanding and putting to use the lessons learned in the classroom about fire science.
• 'Live' demonstrationsincluding suppression of a small fire with the appropriate fire extinguisher, management of a large diameter hose line under full discharge pressure and the rescue of a 'victim' from a non-toxic smoke filled room while advancing a hose line with other team members in the group.

• Why 'fire-play' is unacceptable
• Responsible fire usage
• Basic Fire Safety
• Basic Fire Science
• An understanding of what firefighters DO
• How irresponsible fire behavior affects people beyond the students immediate circle of friends & family
• Consequences of continued poor choices, both in fire related instances as well as life in general

Everyone in the community...parents, caregivers, fire and police departments, juvenile justice, schools, mental health professionals, public and private business, insurance companies and community leaders.

Annually, 67,500 fires, 230 deaths, 1,800 injuries and $235 MILLION are attributed to juvenile fire setting.

• Curiosity
• Anger
• Sadness
• Stress
• Frustration
• Life Changes
• Crisis
• Drug / Alcohol Abuse
• ADD / ADHD
• Family Environment
• Physical Abuse

Our Staff is Trained to Recognize and
Effectively Treat These and Many
Other Types of Juvenile Fire Setting Behaviors
with Compassion and Understanding.