The Wire

They are slightly more likely to be male and they probably had troubled childhoods – but apart from that its difficult to get a clear profile of your typical arsonist.. Ross Brogan worked as a fireman and a fire investigator for many years and now lectures at Charles Sturt University. He says arsonists though do fall into two distinct groups – those that burn buildings, known as structure fire arsonists , and the kind we are all worried about at the moment – those that burn bushland .