NW Insurance Council and its member companies take insurance crimes very seriously and work with a number of organizations to help stop and reduce arson, auto theft and insurance fraud. Insurance crimes are costly to everyone and can cause needless loss of life and damage or destory property.

You can make a difference. Help by reporting arson, auto theft and insurance fraud to authorities. You may be eligible for an award and remain completely anonymous.

NW Insurance Council offers an annual $5,000 Insurance Fraud Award Fund in Washington, Oregon and Idaho

Oregon (New)
NW Insurance Council has partnered with the Oregon Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) to establish a new $5,000 Arson Awards Fund to assist investigators solve Oregon arson fires. Visit the OC/IAAI to find out more about this new program and how you can help fight arson fires.

If you have information about an arson or suspicious fire that occurred in Oregon, call the Arson Hotline at (800) 452-7888. You may be eligible for an award. Callers may remain anonymous.

Washington
We also fund the Arson Alarm Foundation's annual $10,000 Award Fund and encourage Washington citizens to report information about an arson or a suspicious fire.

Visit the Arson Alarm Foundation to find out how you can help fight arson.

Arson Hotline: 800-55-ARSON

ARREST ARSON

Dear Arson Fighter,

We have great news for you and the fight against arson. The Arson Alarm Foundation has changed its award rules to more directly benefit your arson fighting efforts and your local community.

At your request, award recipients will now be recognized locally in order to bring more awareness to your community’s arson fighting efforts. This will give you and those nominated for their efforts in fighting arson the opportunity for local media coverage, the involvement from local leaders, as well as, the participation of the entire community. We look forward to working with you to find the most suitable location that best meets your needs, such as your local fire station, city hall, school or community center.

In addition, to alleviate a lengthy waiting period, nominations will be reviewed and awarded quarterly. To take advantage of this change, please submit your nominations as early as possible so that the award process is not delayed.

Please review the following nomination form. You may also obtain copies of the nomination form at our website by clicking on Arson Alarm at www.wa-ic.org. We look forward to receiving your nomination and please help us get the word out about these changes by forwarding this information on to those to whom it applies.

Sincerely,

Lisa Garvich, President
Arson Alarm Foundation

If you have questions regarding the award fund, please contact the NW Insurance Council at (206) 624-3330/(800) 664-4942.

Arson Alarm Award Program Rules

1. The purpose of the Arson Alarm Local Award Program is to stem the crime of arson by eliciting public participation in solving arson crimes. The Arson Alarm Foundation (AAF) board reserves the right to make awards from program funds when it deems a nominee's actions have met this purpose.
   
   
2. Only information on fires in the Northwest will be considered for the award.
   
   
3. The Arson Alarm Local Award will be considered only after the arrest and/or conviction of those responsible for the crime. A conviction is not required.
   
   
4. The arrest, trial or conviction must have occurred within a twelve-month period prior to nomination.
   
   
5. Nominators should be any member of a fire, law enforcement, or legal agency, the insurance industry, or anyone deemed appropriate by the Arson Alarm Foundation.
   
   
6. Nominees should be any person(s) whom the nominator feels was instrumental in the successful investigation or prosecution of those responsible for the fire.
   
   
7. Those ineligible to receive the award are members of the staff or board of the Arson Alarm Foundation (AAF), any insurance industry employee, law enforcement agent, prosecuting attorney staff member, probation officer, and respective family members.
   
   
8. The identity of the nominee may be withheld by the nominator if one or more of the following is true:
1. If, in the nominator's opinion, direct physical harm or acts of retribution could result from public knowledge of the informant's identity; or
2. If the release of the informant's identity would jeopardize fire investigations or legal procedures.

* If the nominator elects to maintain anonymity of the informant, then he or she must be willing to sign a sworn statement that one of the above statements are true and that the rules of the award system, to his/her knowledge, have not been violated. The nominator should arbitrarily select a seven-digit number and enter the number in the nominee section of this form.

9. The decision of the AAF board with reference to the making of an award and the resolution of questions involved in making such award, including, but not limited to, entitlement and amount, will be binding on all persons concerned.
   
   
10. No promises will be made by the AAF board to pay an informant. Nor does any agency have the right to promise an informant that he or she will be paid. The program is voluntary, any law enforcement or insurance industry official who feel the award will hinder a case in any way can simply choose not to participate.
    
    WA Arson Awards Nomination Form