It is frightening to believe that those heroes we trust to save our lives when the scorching intensity of fire rips through our world can ignite their own burning path of destruction. This unthinkable fear sometimes becomes a reality when firemen become serial arsonists. Rare but nonetheless possible, society sometimes witnesses this atrocity. It is, though, to an extent clear to trace the path of detrimental behavior. Sometimes the crossover from fireman to arsonist can be avoided by recognizing certain signs. The fireman who appears to find far too much pleasure in watching flames blaze and roar, may be seeking the thrill of destruction more than he is concerned with satisfying the desire to save lives. Sometimes the perpetrator of the crime is the least likely suspect. This article realistically explains this injustice in a manner that evokes emotion and concern.
Sometimes people with personality disorders join the fire department because they enjoy the sirens and people paying attention to them, and not because they want to help other people. This basis for a profile begins to explain why some firemen become serial arsonists. A majority of arsonists, specifically 82 percent, are white males and most of them are under the age of 27. About half of all arsonists have some kind of psychological history and have likely been in counseling, and only about one third of all arsonists have a regular occupation, and usual suffer from some form of financial stress. The profile of a serial arsonist is someone who has poor relationships and no success with the opposite sex and his or her intellectual functioning is average to below average.
A lot of serial arsonists stay within a given area and don't venture outside of their neighborhood. Arson is committed for different reasons. One is vandalism and another is crime concealment. Serial arsonists usually act for the thrill or for revenge. Serial arsonists may perceive that the social system is against them and they destroy things to get back at society. They feel power through fire and often arrive at the fire scene to watch it burn in destruction and feed their ego.
Unfortunately, a serial arsonist doesn't typically stop until they are caught. Serial arsonists are difficult to catch because the fire destroys a majority of the evidence, and there are often instances of copycat fires set by other perpetrators.
