Red Flag Warning
A Serial Arsonist Mystery
Los Angeles County is burning. A serial arsonist is setting the parched hills on fire. Plunge into infernos and face the smoke, heat and danger with the men on the fire lines. While NiteHeat prowls in the darkness, setting fires and taunting investigators, the Los Angeles County Fire Department's Arson Unit struggles to find the fire-setter and stop the devastation.
Who is NiteHeat? Is it Ruffy, the 911 dispatcher who has failed firefighter training? Is it Mikey, a dropout who appears at every fire and steals firefighting equipment? Is it Father Dom who claims the fires are started by Satan? Discover the incendiary device triggered by a cooking timer from Williams Sonoma.
Did you ever wonder how wildland arson investigators find the point of origin and evidence in a fire which consumes thousands of acres? Did you ever wonder what goes through the mind of an arsonist? Read RED FLAG WARNING.
RED FLAG WARNING was awarded First Place in the Infinite Writer 2010 Mystery Fiction Category and Honorable Mention in the 2010 Public Safety Writer's Contest.
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A Red Flag Warning is a forecast, issued by the United States National Weather Service to firefighting agencies, that conditions are ideal for wildland fire ignition and propagation.
It is especially common in the hills of Southern California in mid to late summer when humidity is low and erratic winds will create explosive fire potential.
Firefighting agencies alter their staffing and equipment resources dramatically to accommodate the forecast risk. To the public, a Red Flag Warning means critical fire weather conditions are either occurring or will occur shortly, with increased probability of a fire in the area within 24 hours.
—U.S. National Weather Service
