Fire Cops: On the Case with America's Arson Investigators

By Michael Sasser and Charles W. Sasser

Book Overview

From the big cities to dense forests to disasters at sea, authors Michael Sasser and Charles W. Sasser present some of the toughest cases and most harrowing missions faced by arson investigators. A brutal inferno snuffs out the lives of eighty-seven at the Happy Land Social Club in New York City. .. The Branch Davidians torch their compound in Waco, Texas, killing eighty-one men, women and children... Flames engulf the streets of Detroit on its deadliest Devil's Day... In each case, some of America's most intrepid detectives were on the case, seeking out the truth amid the ashes. Here are the toughest cases from real arson investigators--men and women who apply steely determination and extraordinary skills in the pursuit of one goal: to catch scheming profiteers, vicious vandals, and diabolical pyromaniacs. Where the untrained eye sees nothing but destruction, these investigators see clues--and they plunge undaunted into the charred debris of destroyed buildings and incinerated lives to seek them out. From big cities to dense forests to disasters at sea, they bring one vow to every case: to never let justice go up in smoke.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476784450
• ISBN13: 9781476784458
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Informational Book

If you are a rank amateur and just want to get some really interesting facts and information based on 'model' fires that occurred in real life, this book is a great book to start with. I purchased the book with an interest in just enough details to allow me to 'talk the language' in a book I am writing where an arson investigator is one of the characters. I think you'll find this book as fascinating as I did.

great for arson-investigators-to-be

If you are already interested in fire fighting and arson investigation in particular, then you will find this book very interesting, with lots of real life stories. A novice however will find little excitement and too much in depth information to keep up interest.

Hidden Treasure in the Writing

The stories are great and do justice to the field of fire investigation. What surprised me was the quality of the writing! Usually technical subjects do not attract talented authors. This is an undiscovered gem in the realm of literature.

Good interpretation of the job of an arson/fire investigator

I have been in the fire service for over 30 years and the past 23 as an arson investigator in a large metropolitan city. The authors have taken the time in most cases to listen to the people actually doing the work on a day-to-day basis. They are to be commended for this. For the person having questions what this job is all about, this book will spell it out in frank detail. This is a subject that is interesting but all too often overlooked by most writers.

A Great Interperation of the Fire Service

I have been a firefighter for a year now. My girlfriend purchased this book for me for my birthday. While I don't have a lot of expierence in Arson Investigations this book vividly and correctly portrays the way a fire scene looks. Too many times people view firefighting and public safety as a "flashy" job. This book portrays the incident scene in a sober, but exciting way. A must have for anyone interested in the Fire Service and Law Enforcement!