About Us

This organization was founded in 2024 by fire service professionals to help reduce the injuries and deaths from youth firesetting behavior in the State of Florida.  Our mission is to implement three (3) goals towards youth firesetting intervention. First, to develop a certification process and exam testing for Intervention Specialists and Program Managers.    Second, to provide educational resources to fire and law enforcement personnel who specialize in 

youth firesetting and to caregivers of youth firesetters.  Third, provide caregivers with contact        

information on statewide youth firesetter intervention programs.

Dale I. Reisen retired from the fire service in 2020 after dedicating 37 years to the State of Florida.  He is a certified Fire-Arson Investigator and has been investigating fires and explosions involving youths since 1995.  He is a certified Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialists and Program Manager and has assisted fire departments to develop their youth firesetter intervention programs.  He is a fire service instructor and teaches the Florida Youth Firesetter Intervention Specialist and Program Manager Course.  In 2001, he was awarded the State of Florida Fire Investigator of the Year by FFMIA and in 2013 and 2020 his fellow fire investigators named him Fire Investigator of the Year in Lee County, Florida.  He currently serves as the Training Chief and County Youth Firesetter Coordinator for the    Lee County Fire-Arson Task Force.  He is the President of Reisen Safety Training and Staff Development, Inc. and Operating Manager for Reisen Fire Consultants, LLC.

The FYFIN Board of Directors are fire service professionals who have years of experience working with youth firesetters.  FYFIN is proud to have the

        following individuals on staff as our        

2024 Board of Directors:

SUSAN LINDENMUTH

Safety Director

KMI Services, Lakeland, FL

Retired from Estero Fire Rescue, Estero, FL

CHRISTI FULTON

Public Education Officer/PIO/Fire Investigator

North Fort Myers Fire Department, 

North Fort Myers, FL

KYLE  BROOKS

Fire Marshal

Englewood Area Fire Control District,

Englewood, FL