Complementing the Government's Antisocial Behaviour Action Plan and its 43m three-year investment in community fire safety, the money, announced by fire safety minister Phil Hope last week, will assist local safety officers with more prevention work against arson.
Kent Fire & Rescue Service received 35,000 to continue developing The Arson Project, an antisocial behaviour-linked education programme for Year 8 pupils.
Steve Demetriou, head of community fire safety for the county, said that almost two-thirds of deliberately started fires were caused by under-16s, according to latest national statistics.
Blackpool and Fylde Fire Service's 133,400 award over three years will be spent on several youth intervention schemes. These will involve a firefighter attached to the youth offending team for work with convicted arsonists.
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