PYROMANIA: The presence of multiple episodes of deliberate and
purposeful fire setting.
EVIDENCE OF: Tension or affective arousal before the act.
SYMPTOMS OF: Fascination with, interest in, curiosity about, or
attraction to fire and its situational contexts.
CHARACTERISTICS OF: Pleasure, gratification, or relief when setting
fires, or when witnessing or participating in their aftermath.
REASONING: The fire setting is not done for monetary gain; it is not
done as an expression of a sociopolitical ideology, it is not done to
conceal criminal activity, to express anger or vengeance, or to
improve one's living circumstances, it is not done in response to a
delusion or hallucination, or as a result of impaired judgment.
PLANNING: considerable advance preparation is made for starting a
fire.
FEELINGS: They may be indifferent of consequences to life and
property caused by the fire. They may derive satisfaction from the
results.
CONSEQUENCES: Property damage, legalities, injury or loss of life
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