The Reward Programs

The Rewards Committee is a long-standing committee of FACAP.   It has distributed to persons who have come forward to FACAP with valuable information monetary rewards of various amounts.  The Rewards committee, in 2001, completed a re-write its objectives and procedures.  The objectives of the committee remain the same- to encourage citizens to come forward with information enabling law enforcement to arrest and convict those individuals responsible for committing arson and helping insurance companies to deter the expensive crime of arson.

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 The Rewards Committee has developed two types of rewards for meritorious activity of persons in connection with arson activities:

1. The FACAP Arson Reward .  This reward, up to $2500, or more if augmented by a specific deposit to a particular fire, is offered to any person who comes forward with information or assistance, having been induced to come forward by the FACAP reward offer/poster or advertised or otherwise communicated to such person.  Rewards that are supplanted by additional sums deposited, for that fire only are termed Specific Rewards.  If the reward is supplanted (replaced) by the use of a Specific Reward, FACAP will not have its funds further involved, however, the reward will be administered by the Rewards Committee of  FACAP.

2. The Good Citizen’s Reward.  This reward is available, up to $500, for any public spirited citizen, who is not induced by a posted reward but who nevertheless comes forward with valuable information and/or assistance to authorities or the property insurance carrier involved, if any.

Both of these types of rewards are administered by a panel of Reward Committee members of FACAP, who are disinterested in the fire involved, who determine whether and in what amount a particular reward will be made.  If the reward is made it will be disseminated not directly to an informant but through an official of FACAP.

It is understood that the FACAP Arson Reward program is not a contract, or warranty, or promise, and FACAP will not negotiate the terms of a reward with any person who is not on the rewards panel, or release any information about a fire to the public or to anyone seeking the same by subpoena absent a court order that the information is not privileged and is discoverable.

 Any eligible person, adult or child, may receive an arson reward, however, no arson reward is available to any person who is a fire official, a law enforcement officer or otherwise comes into information  as a job-related duty.  Members of FACAP are not eligible, nor are relatives of the non-eligible persons.

 The Rewards Panel considering whether to make a reward and the amount, may consider the following suggested variables, but it may disregard or weigh any variable in its absolute discretion:

The Criteria for the Reward shall be (a) the size and significance of the loss, (b) the extent of the effort expended by the person proposed for the reward in assisting the solving of an arson case, (c) the risk to person or property, if any, taken by the person proposed for the reward,  (d) whether the person also testified in a court proceeding, (e) whether there was an arrest and/or conviction of one or more parties responsible for the fire, (f) whether there was continuing significant cooperation on the part of the person proposed, and (g) any other significant data, in the view of the reward panel,  that should have a bearing on the amount awarded in the particular case.  

It is understood that the Good Citizen’s Reward is in essence a “thank you” from FACAP and a token, monetarily.  It will be accompanied by a Certificate of thanks from the Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention.

 It is understood that the traditional arson reward is available for otherwise eligible persons who come forward because of being induced by the prospect of a posted or published (verbally or otherwise) Arson Reward Notice initiated by FACAP.

CONTACTING THE ARSON REWARDS COMMITTEE:  The Arson Rewards Committee may be contacted c/o Gerald T. Albrecht, Chairman, FACAP Rewards Committee; One Harbour Place, 777 South Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 500, Tampa, FL 33602  Telephone: (813)281-1900; Fax: (813)281-0900  e-mail: galbrecht@butlerpappas.com .