STUDENTS
You are invited to enter the
FIRE PREVENTION POSTER CONTEST
Please read carefully all information and rules listed below. All entries must conform to these rules to
qualify.
THEME: “Practice Your Escape Plan”
DATES: Posters due to your school Tuesday, October 9th
Awards Ceremony for City contest winners will be held on October 30th.
Students will be notified by the Plano Fire Department if their posters were
selected in the city-wide contest for recognition.
RULES:
A. This contest is open to all students in grades PreK through 12 enrolled in any
school (public, private, parochial, etc.) or home schooled.
B. The following grades will fall into six (6) divisions:
1. Kindergarten Division – Grades PreK, K
2. Primary Division – Grades 1, 2
3. Intermediate Division – Grades 3, 4
4. Middle Division – Grades 5, 6
5. Junior High Division – Grades 7, 8
6. High School Division – Grades 9-12
C. Poster must be original and may be on any phase of fire prevention and /or fire
safety. Do consider this year's theme: "Practice Your Escape Plan”
D. Only individual work by students and only one entry per student will be accepted.
E. Posters must conform to the following description:
1. Size of poster 14 inches by 22 inches (Please measure poster.) This is
typically ½ of a regular size piece of poster board.
2. No objects over 1/2 inch in height to be placed on poster board.
3. Any art medium including painted, crayons or markers, cut outs, chalks,
pencils, computer graphics, or pen and ink work mounted on poster board
may be used.
4. Do NOT use live matches or glass on posters.
F. The following label must be placed in a sealed envelope attached to the
back of poster. Inside the envelope on a card or piece of paper, put:
Name of Student
Address of Student
Telephone Number of Student
Name of Teacher
Grade of Student Name of School
G. On front of envelope write the division entered only
H. Winning school posters will be entered in the City-Wide contest.
Winning city posters will be entered in the Fire District contest.
Winning fire district posters proceed to the State contest.
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Posters may not be returned from any of the contests. Please take pictures of your poster
before you submit it to your teacher.