Taipei City Fire Department

Youth Firesetting Facts(by Shiming Yuan)
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's （FBI's） Uniform Crime Reporting（UCR）Program,Juveniles （persons under age 18） accounted for roughly 46 percent of arson arrests in 2005 to 2010.
In 2010, 40 percent of arson arrests were juveniles with 47.6 percent of those children under 16 years of age. Arrests of juveniles for the crime of arson were higher, proportionally, than for any other crime.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire and Explosives （ATF） reports that from 2000 to 2009 there were 1,637 juvenile-involved fire incidents reported in Bomb Arson Tracking System （BATS）.
More than half of these fires（56 percent or 909 incidents） were classified as arson.
Twenty-nine percent （or 476 incidents） were classified as accidental and 15 percent （or 251 incidents） were classified as undetermined.
The total dollar damage reported for these fires estimated at more than $75 million.

Cited from USFA (http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/)