As many family members as possible are recommended to attend. If your child has been issued a citation by a fire agency you may be allowed to enter a process by which the citation can be dismissed or not issued. If the Fire Investigator initiates Diversion then this step must occur at the time the citation is issued. If you do not complete the program, it will go back to the Fire Investigator who may send the citation to Juvenile Probation.
If a youth is cited directly to Juvenile Probation then that agency has the option to identify a low level offender and divert them to an educational program ie. YFP in lieu of a more serious punishment. The academy is conducted at various times throughout the year at different locations. The academy is broken up into age appropriate classes for the youths and there is different curriculum for each class.
If a child is not taught fire safety, the firesetting behaviors can get out of control very quickly and lead to severe injuries. Others believe that it is normal for children to play with fire. This is not true. Curiosity about fire is normal. Because Delaware is a small state, our office takes pride in being the only state in which a Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Program JFIP is administered to the entire state through one agency.
When a child is referred to our program, our trained staff interviews and educates the child. The program is strictly confidential and the information obtained from the interview cannot be shared with anyone without the written consent of the caregiver. Rebekah L. Skip to Content Skip to Navigation.
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