Suspended jail term for CFS volunteer who lit fires at Happy Valley, in Adelaide's south on New Year's Day CFS volunteer Craig Paul Arnold today received a 10-month suspended prison term after he set three fires at Happy Valley on New Year's Day. A CFS volunteer who set three fires at Happy Valley on New Year's Day was "playing Batman one minute, the Joker the next," his victim says. Craig Paul Arnold, 31, of Happy Valley, today received a suspended 10-month jail term in the Adelaide Magistrates Court. Arnold had pleaded guilty to two counts of arson and one count of damaging property. Following a 2012 New Year's Eve party during which Arnold had been drinking and smoking cannabis, he set fire to a woodpile, poured petrol over the interior of a Ford Escort and set fire to a truck. The truck belonged to Bernie Kehr and was parked near his house which also sustained damage. According to a witness Arnold was wearing a CFS T-shirt with 'FIRE' across the back. Today Martin Anders, for Arnold, said his client had no offender history and had served in the military in East Timor. Mr Anders said Arnold was depressed at the time of the offending. Magistrate Bob Harrap said the psychologist's report pointed to Arnold's alcohol and drug abuse as the cause of the arson. "On the night, he got himself drunk and stoned, that's why he set fire to these things isn't it?" he said. A victim impact statement from Mr Kehr's partner was read out in court. She said she now did not feel safe in the family home and was unable to sleep properly. In sentencing, Mr Harrap said he accepted that the offending was out of character. He ordered Arnold serve a suspended 10-month jail term and abide by a two-year good behaviour bond. Outside court, Mr Kehr said it was "disturbing" that Arnold was a CFS volunteer. "On one hand, he's trying to do a good thing by the community and then he's sneaking around lighting fires... it's a bit underhanded," he said. I'm glad he get caught and I think in a way it's done him a favour because if he didn't get caught, he could have possibly killed someone down the track. I think it was more of a thrillseeking thing, it's like playing Batman one minute the Joker the next.