Welcome to the YFIRES Web Site

The Youth Firesetting Information Repository & Evaluation System (YFIRES) is a data collection project initiated by the International Association of Fire Fighters and funded by DHS/FEMA’s Grant Program Directorate for Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program - Fire Prevention and Safety Grants.

The goal of this project is to create a data collection tool that will assist both the fire service and any non-fire service discipline invested in youth firesetting intervention programs.  This project will help develop a body of information that improves the national understanding of youth firesetting behavior and the work being done by programs across the United States.  

As a YFIRES user, you will find guides and video tutorials that help you become proficient with YFIRES.  You will also be entering into a national collaboration to share anonymous, non-confidential information with your professional peers and programs across the country, contributing to a comprehensive body of knowledge that will be shared only with other users.  

Non-participants in the YFIRES data system can also benefit from this project through reports and information that will be posted on the YFIRES site.

While we have tried to maintain this as a free national resource, ongoing and reliable financial support for the system does not currently exist. Therefore, we are forced to change our model to a license fee-based service. Depending on your program service area, fees may still remain free. Please contact us to discuss this further.

Thank you for visiting.  It is only through our collective efforts that we can expand our knowledge of youth firesetting behavior.  We hope YFIRES is a tool to help facilitate this goal.

Special thanks to sponsorship and support by First Alert, your partner in fire safety.

YFIRES Partner Project Vision 20/20 - Community Risk Reduction