*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