Fire Prevention Contest

2007 FIRE PREVENTION CONTEST

Sponsored by Flanagan Insurance Agency

Committee Members: Barry Johnson – Chairman, Bob Reimert, Todd Blaser, and Barry Kuenkel

The Fire Prevention Contest has been broken into two categories:
General Fire Prevention entry “Gold Club” entry.

Gold Club Entry: If a department has been a first or second place winner in previous WSFA Fire Prevention contests within the past 5 years and have received a certificate within the past 6 months recognizing this fact, their entry for 2008 will be placed in a “Gold Club” category. One winner only will be chosen from the “Gold Club” entries and will receive $150.00 as a first place winner. Once a department has won a first place “Gold Club” award, the entry will drop back to the general fire prevention entries and as a new phase of programs or improvement on other fire prevention programs previously entered are completed your entry can work themselves up the ladder to the “Gold Club” level again.

General Fire Prevention Entries: To enable departments just beginning a Fire Prevention program or beginning to put their scrapbook together to compete against other departments at the same level and work their way up to the “Gold Club” level.

All entries for both levels are required to be submitted in a scrapbook or a storybook format, outlining their fire prevention program(s). The following points and questions should be covered your scrapbook.

Is your program year-round?
Are you involved at the school level?
Do you sponsor a fire poster contest, either on the local or county level?
Do you have open houses at the fire station including tours and demonstrations, etc.?
What are your promotions, such as Smokey the Bear, Fire Safety House, or similar items?
Do you promote smoke detector programs?
Have you received any past recognition for your fire prevention efforts?
Do you have sponsors of your program such as local companies, insurance companies, etc.?
Is your department volunteer or paid?
Show examples of your demonstrations and presentations and what categories they are presented to. Are they presented to just one setting of the public or several different ones such as schools, industry and business, or adult programs such as day care facilities and CBRF’s?
Have your fire prevention programs been successful in obtaining a lower fire protection class rating from your community?
Include a cover letter in the scrapbook describing how your department became involved in fire prevention programs.

It is important that if your department has previously entered the Fire Prevention Contest, please include a cover letter explaining what new programs you have started or how you have improved on the previous programs that you were already doing?

Cash prizes and a plaque will be presented to first, second and third place winners in the General Fire Prevention entries. $150.00 and a plaque will be award to the first place winner in the “Gold Club” entry.
All entries will be on display at the 2008 convention where the awards will be presented.

Note: The Committee would like to state that because of the point system in grading, entries could lose first place if all twelve questions are not answered.

All entries must be received by the Association office by January 4, 2008.

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