The process of tracking a multiple fire setter begins before profilers are called in to help. This book will help your department identify MFS patterns and understand the motivation behind these crimes, as well as learn why it is so important to track this type of offender. Author Brett Martinez explains all of the basics ? from setting up a suitable work environment to recording information into a final report that will be useful to all personnel involved in the investigation. All of these items have been packaged in a concise format to allow the reader to get down to the business at hand ?...

This work is a first-of-a-kind and is positioned to define the essential role for an operator's handbook as the ready resource for basic understanding and a by-the-side aid during almost all shift activities. It should become the benchmark standard by which all subsequent entries into this market position will be compared. The handbook serves as a grounding foundation where operator training is conducted in-house. All of the basics are here. All of the operational responsibilities and approach options are covered. The new concept of weak signals is an important addition.