THE MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP INCLUDE AN ELDERLY WIDOW WHO SETS FIRE TO OLD CARS ON THE STREET, AN EIGHT-YEAR OLD BOY WHO 'JUST LIKES TO PLAY WITH MATCHES,' AN INTROVERT WHO LIGHTS FIRES FOR A FEELING OF POWER, AND A YOUNG WOMAN WHO STARTS 'REVENGE FIRES' WHEN SHE GETS ANGRY. ALSO FEATURED ARE A POLITICAL ACTIVIST WHO SET 'PROTEST FIRES' WITH MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, A MIDDLE-AGED 'VANITY PYRO', WHO STARTS FIRES AND THEN PUTS THEM OUT HIMSELF FOR THE RECOGNITION AND PUBLICITY HE RECEIVES, PROFESSIONAL BURGLAR WHO SETS FIRES TO COVERUP HIS THEFTS, AND A 'TORCH,' A PROFESSIONAL ARSONIST WHO SELLS FIRES TO BUSINESSMAN LOOKING TO COLLECT THE INSURANCE. PROCEDURES FOR DISCOVERING AND INVESTIGATING ARSON CASES WHICH EMPHASIZE WHAT THE FIRST-IN FIREFIGHTER SHOULD LOOK FOR ARE ALSO OUTLINED. (THE INFORMATION IN THIS FILM IS RESTRICTED AND INTENDED FOR VIEWING BY FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ONLY.) ...ELW