Fire Prevention Poster Contest Rules

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INSTRUCTION ON RULES

This contest is open to all students in grades Pre K through 12 enrolled in any school (public,

private, parochial, etc.) or home schooled.

The following grades will fall into six divisions:

Kindergarten Division- Grades Pre Kindergarten, Kindergarten

Primary Division - Grades 1, 2.

Intermediate Division - Grades 3, 4.

Middle Division - Grades 5, 6.

Junior High Division - Grades 7, 8.

High School Division - Grades 9,10,11,12.

The poster must be original and may be on any phase of fire prevention and/or fire safety.

Only individual work by the student, and one entry per student will be accepted.

Posters must conform to the following description:

Size of poster: 14 inches by 22 inches.

Kind: Any art medium. Including painted, cut-outs, pen and ink, crayons, chalks, pencils,

computer graphics, but not limited to these.

NO objects over one half inch in height are to be placed on the poster.

NO live matches may be used on the poster.

NO glass may be used in the poster.

The following information must be placed in a sealed envelope attached to the back of the

poster.

Inside the envelope on a card or piece of paper, insert:

a. Name of student.

b. Name of school.

c. Address of school.

d. Grade of student.

e. Name of fire department.

f. Name of district association.

On front of envelope: division only.

All posters must contain full information and conform to size to avoid disqualification.

GENERAL INFORMATION

All fire departments and/or fire marshal’s offices that are active in the Fire Prevention Poster

Contest and are members of the different district associations and the state association may send their winning posters, by their fire marshal or representative to the district contest.

Each District may select three posters only from each division and send them to the state

Contest.

It will be the District’s Responsibility to see that all posters entered from the District conforms to all the state rules. Posters must be submitted to the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association Fire Prevention Poster Committee at the host city before 8:00 AM, Monday of convention week.