A 17-year-old volunteer firefighter is due to face the children's court next month accused of deliberately lighting bushfires in the Lake Macquarie area.
Police allegedly spotted the boy setting bush alight on Archery Road at Wakefiled last Friday.
They also claim he's responsible for lighting fires at Weir Road Teralba in November and Current Avenue Teralba in December.
The youth was arrested during a vehicle stop on Rose Avenue at Glendale last night.
He's been charged with 3 counts of lighting a fire and being reckless as to it's spread and granted conditional bail to face court on February 4.
