View of Management in Fire Investigation Units. Volume I. Issues and Trends for the '90s

摘要

Ten years ago the U.S. Fire Administration and other federal agencies identified and promoted a special concept in investigating fires and controlling arson: the Arson Strike Force (or Fire Investigation Unit). Some communities called it an arson squad; others added citizen representatives, expanded the mission to include prevention, and called the group an arson task force. The core unit, however, was a team of fire and police investigators who brought their respective expertise to the job of identifying incendiary fires and bringing arsonists to justice. Since the passage of time had seen a drop in the federal monies available to encourage local joint police/fire investigation units, USFA wanted to find out how mainstream units were faring, to what extent the bi-agency approach was in use, and how well investigation units were being managed.