The Plantation Fire Department sponsors an annual Fire Prevention Poster and Essay Contest in conjunction with Fire Prevention Week.  The 23 year-old, contest is open to all elementary school aged children in Plantation.

During the first week of the new school year, representatives from the Fire Department contact local school officials within Plantation.  All students in Kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to participate.

The poster competition is open to students in Kindergarten through third grade.  They are asked to draw their best interpretation of the annual fire prevention theme set by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA).  This year’s theme was “Practice Your Escape Plan.”  Students in grades four and five are asked to write essays, stories, or poems using the same theme.

“The contest helps deliver the fire prevention message to where it has the greatest impact,” says Marti Terziu, Administrative Assistant to the Fire Chief, who has coordinated the contest for the past 23 years. “The children are our greatest link.  They bring the message home.”

Final submissions are judged by the “Friends of the Helen B. Hoffman Library” and members of the Plantation Volunteer Fire Association.   Winners are named in various categories including “City-Wide”, “Best in School“, “Best in Grade,” and “Honorable Mention.”

2007 winners include:
First Place, pOSTER Contest Grant Wendt, Grade 3 Tropical Elementary School Click here to view larger	This year’s winners include: City-Wide Poster Contest: First Place – Grant Wendt, Grade 3, Tropical Elementary School Second Place – Olivia Fantacone, Grade 1, Central Park Elementary School Third Place - Thea McKenna, Grade 1, Plantation Park Elementary School