The committee grouped its recommendations into five categories. These included (1) projects with high impact, low cost, and low development time; (2) projects with high impact, high cost, and low development time; (3) projects with high impact, low cost, and high development time; (4) concepts in need of further development; and (5) policy recommendations and actions requiring legislative or regulatory action. Specific recommendations included the development of interagency committees, establishing a dispute resolution hotline to allow agency heads to resolve escalating jurisdictional problems quickly, producing and distributing a unit manager's guide to unit operations, and preparing a videotape and manual for first responders on the major signs of arson and the appropriate collection and preservation of evidence. List of participants