The International Association of Arson Investigators has available on their website an Abandoned Building Toolbox.
The IAAI/USFA Abandoned Building “Tool Box” provides:
- A detailed background paper that outlines the problems that vacant and abandoned building pose to the community
- Lesson plans and PowerPoint support presentations for the following topics
- Community Leader Presentation
- Community Group/Awareness Presentation
- Building Evaluation Presentation
- Securing Abandoned Buildings Presentation
- Fire Department Operations in Vacant and Abandoned Buildings Presentation
- A building evaluation form
- Flow chart detailing a process for identifying building owners
- A template for developing building floor plans using data from the building evaluation form
- Examples of completed building floor plans
- A detailed reference list of published materials related to vacant and abandoned buildings
- Specifications and drawings for securing vacant and abandoned buildings
- Case studies that detail what several communities were able to do to successfully reduce fire in vacant and abandoned
buildings
To view the Toolbox, please click here.