*Information on a fire?

Please contact your local Fire Department or Law Enforcement.

Contact the State Fire Marshall’s Office at 800-589-2728.

Columbus Fire Department at 614-645-TIPS (8477).

Cleveland Fire Department at 216-664-6380.

Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS (8477).

Tri State (SW Ohio) Crime Stoppers at 888-352-3040.

Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463.

Art

The Blue Ribbon Arson Committee sponsors an Arson Awareness Week Art Contest for Ohio secondary school students. The purpose is to create Arson Awareness among the young citizens of the state. The theme each year is the previous year’s Arson Awareness Week’s theme. High school and Middle school students, in certain school districts, are asked to provide poster sized graphic or hand drawn artwork that reflects the theme. One year the theme was Devastation of Arson while another was Prevent Youth Fire Setting. The Columbus Public and Catholic School Districts have been the most active districts due in part to the Columbus Fire Department’s involvement.

Clear Channel Communications has been generous in providing billboard space so the artwork's message gets out to the community. The Columbus City Council recognizes the students each year before their regularly scheduled May meeting.

Should you as a Fire Department member or School District Art Instructor be interested in your school district being involved, please contact the Executive Secretary of BRAC.

2023 - Fire Won't Wait. Plan Your Escape. - Waverly - High School - Hand Drawn

 

2023 - Fire Won't Wait. Plan Your Escape. - Waverly - High School - Digital

 

2023 - Fire Won't Wait. Plan Your Escape. - Waverly - Middle School - Hand Drawn

 

2022 - Learn the Sounds of Safety - Waverly - High School - Graphic Art

 

2022 - Learn the Sounds of Safety - Waverly - High School - Hand Drawn

 

2022 - Learn the Sounds of Safety - Waverly - Middle School

 

2020 - Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape! - Waverly - High School

 

2020 - Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape! - Columbus - High School

 

2020 - Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape! - Columbus - Middle School

 

2018 - Preventing Arson in Houses of Worship - Waverly

 

2018 - Preventing Arson in Houses of Worship - Columbus

 

2016 - Sniffing Out Arson

 

2015 - Vehicle Arson - A Combustible Crime

 

2013 - Prevent Youth Fire Setting

 

2012 - Working Together to Extinguish Serial Arson

 

2011 - The Devastation of Arson

 

2010 - Arson For Profit

 

2009 - Playing With Fire

 

2008 - Who Pays For Arson?

 

2007 - —

 

2006 - Arson Awareness Week