The contest is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) and the Massachusetts Association of Safety and Fire Educators (MaSAFE) to:
- Promote burn safety
- Teach students the dangerous, life-long consequences of misusing fire
- To counter incorrect and incomplete information about fire and burns on the Internet
The contest is for 9 - 12th grade Massachusetts students.
Video requirements:
- From school-sponsored communications courses or sponsored extra-curricular groups
- 1 - 3 minutes long
- About burn prevention
- Well researched
- May not show risky or unsafe behavior
- Educational and informative
- Teachers or faculty sponsors must review and approve all storyboards before filming begins
School that offer communications classes that include the design and creation of media productions are encouraged to promote the contest through independent or group assignments. Contest entry, rules and scoring rubric.
Information for High School Teachers
The contest addresses learning standard components (Gr.9-10) SL.9-10.5, W.9-10.6, (Gr. 11-12) SL.11-12.5, and W.11-12.6 of the Massachusetts Common Core Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy.
Fire educators can encourage high schools to participate in the contest.