Fire Prevention Week

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.

On this page:

• Cooking safety information
• School contest results
• Resources

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Cooking Safety starts with You. Pay attention to fire prevention.

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!

School contest results

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.

 First-place winners, schools and local fire departments

First place winners

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

 Runner-up winners, schools and local fire departments

Runners-up

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:

• BC Professional Fire Fighters' Burn Fund
• Fire Prevention Officers Association of BC
• First Nations' Emergency Services Society
• Fire Chief’s Association of BC
• BC Fire Training Officers Association
• Panago
• Volunteer Firefighters Association of BC
• Tech Safety BC
• FortisBC
• FireSmart BC

School and fire department resources

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Banner image reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website. © 2023 NFPA