Fire Prevention Week is a great time to discuss fire and burn prevention with the people in your community and is an opportunity for students to win some fantastic prizes.
Bringing the important message of fire and burn prevention into schools and classrooms helps to save lives and prevent painful burn injuries and lifelong suffering. We thank you for all your efforts and the work that you do to share these messages.
Last year’s campaign, Cooking safety starts with You. Pay attention to fire prevention™, works to educate everyone about simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves and those around them safe when cooking. Visit the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) official Fire Prevention Week website for tons of great information, activities, ideas, resources and more!
The annual Fire Prevention Week Poster Contest is open to all students from kindergarten to grade 12 who are attending an Indigenous, public, or independent school in British Columbia.
We are excited to announce the winners and the runners-up from the 2023 Fire Prevention Week Contest. Congratulations to the student-artists listed below, thank you to the teachers, supporters of the students-artists, and to the Fire Departments in their communities.
Grade |
Name |
School |
Fire Dept |
---|---|---|---|
K |
Ezekial S. |
Hope Lutheran Christian School |
Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services |
1 |
Kayla W. |
Ecole Inman Elementary School |
Burnaby Fire Dept |
2 |
Archer M. |
Westview Elementary School |
North Van Fire |
3 |
Layla W. |
Ecole Lac Des Bois |
Prince George Fire Rescue |
4 |
Rhys C. |
Rogers Elementary |
Saanich Fire |
5 |
Clair L-E. |
Veritas School |
Terrace Fire Department |
6 |
Ian A. |
TBD |
TBD |
7 |
Amelia E. |
Chemainus Secondary School |
Thetis Island VFD |
8 |
Simrat T. |
Glanford Middle School |
Saanich Fire Dept |
9 |
Candy Z. |
Heritage Woods Secondary School |
Coquitlam Fire |
10 |
Brayden J. |
Ecole Dr Charles Best |
Port Moody FD |
11 |
Sophia S. |
Royal Bay Secondary School |
Langford FD |
12 |
Rachel G. |
Port Moody Secondary School |
Port Moody FD |
Grade |
Name |
School |
Fire Dept |
---|---|---|---|
K |
Sophia L. |
NOJA |
Armstrong FD |
1 |
Elana K. |
St Edmunds Elementary |
North Vancouver FD |
2 |
Amy T. |
RC Macdonald Elementary |
Ootischenia FD |
3 |
Juliana T. |
Davidson Rd Elementary |
Lake Country FD Stn 71 Winfield |
4 |
Wilhelmina H. |
Meadowridge School |
Coquitlam FD |
5 |
Kaylin K. |
Coquihalla Elementary |
Hope FD Fire Hall 1 |
6 |
Emily L. |
Queen Elizabeth Elementary |
Vancouver FD Hall 4 Fairview |
7 |
Harsimran |
Dasmesh Punjabi School |
Abbottsford FD Hall 8 |
8 |
Shreya S. |
Heritage Park Middle School |
Mission Fire Rescue |
9 |
Anthony J. |
Dr Charles Best Secondary |
Port Moody Fire Hall No 1 |
10 |
Yoori H. |
Port Moody Secondary School |
Port Coquitlam Fire and Emergency Services |
We will be in touch with the winners and runners-up through their schools and teachers to deliver the prizes and coordinate the Panago pizza parties!
Thank you to all who entered, we hope you enjoyed the activities as much as we appreciated receiving the submissions. Stay tuned for the 2024 contest in the fall based on a new theme! We hope you will participate again!
Our sincere thanks to the following organizations for their support, sponsorship and assistance in running this contest:
Templates
For ease, use these word document templates during fire prevention week.
School fire drill checklist
Download and print the following checklist, or modify it to suit your school's needs, to help you run a successful fire drill during Fire Prevention Week (or any time of year!).
Fire Prevention Week feedback
Provide any feedback on the Fire Prevention Week resources offered by the Office of the Fire Commissioner to OFC@gov.bc.ca.
Partners and sponsors
Thanks to the following for their support!
Additional information
Content from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website may not be copied, reproduced, sold or in any way distributed for commercial purposes. Fire departments, schools, civic groups, work places and the media are encouraged to copy and distribute all or significant portions of the material on the website, but not otherwise revise or alter the material. Materials used from the website must include the following attribution line and link back to NFPA's Fire Prevention Week site.
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