MSFA Western Maryland Jr Miss Fire Prevention

Rules: 1. Must be between eleven (11) and fifteen (15) years of age. 2. Must be single, never married, and have no children or be pregnant. 3. Six regional contests will be held with each region selecting a winner. Those six young ladies will work together over the course of the year to represent the Junior Miss MSFA program across the state of Maryland. The six regions will be as follows (in accordance with current MFRI regions); a. Western Maryland — Allegany, Garrett, and Washington Counties b. North Central — Carroll, Frederick, Howard, and Montgomery Counties c. North East- Harford, Cecil, and Baltimore Counties as well as Baltimore City d. Upper Eastern Shore — Kent, Queen Anne’s, Talbot, Caroline, and Anne Arundel Counties e. Lower Eastern Shore —— Worcester, Wicomico, Dorchester, and Somerset Counties f. Southern Maryland — Calvert, Charles, St. Mary’s, and Prince Georges Counties 4. The contestant must reside in the region in which they are competing. 5. Each contestant will be interviewed by a panel of judges in the preliminaries and the same judges will officiate the finals. An exception to this rule may be made at the discretion of the Miss Fire Prevention Committee in the event of an excessive amount of applications in a region. 6. Judges will not be affiliated with any fire department or auxiliary in the region that they are judging. 7. Preliminary judging will be held prior to, but on the same day as final judging. Contestants will be notified of the place, day, and time upon receipt of application. 8. Judging will include the following point assignment: highest earned points will determine the winner: a. General Appearance 0 — 15 points b. Poise and Personality 0 — 15 points c. Speaking Ability 0 — 30 points d. Fire Prevention Knowledge 0 -40 points 9. Preliminaries will include: a. One general fire prevention questions selected from a list that will be sent to the applicants. b. A three to five minute presentation by the contestant on a fire prevention topic of their choice at private session with panel judges. All presentations must be completed on poster material and /or presentation boards. No PowerPoint presentations will be allowed. This presentation must be the original work of the contestant. c. General interview questions from the judges. 10. The finals will be completed on—stage and will include: a. The question "Why is fire prevention important to you?" b. One randomly selected fire prevention questions from the list provided. 11. Applications must be received to the regional coordinator by February 28th each year. Contests will be held in each region during the month of April. Winners will be crowned on the day of their contest and begin serving their one year term at that time. 12. Winners of each regional contest must attend the MSFA Miss Fire Prevention Contest held in Ocean City in June of the same year as a part of the MSFA Annual Convention. This contest is held on the Monday afternoon of convention week. Junior Miss MSFA and 1st runner up regional winners are encouraged to attend more of the convention if possible. 13. This is not a talent or beauty contest. 14. Judges decision is final. Score sheets will be kept for one year in order to identify runners-up if Junior Miss MSFA must vacate her term. 15. Junior Miss MSFA may not run for any other fire department related titles during her reign as Junior Miss MSFA. This includes company, county, and state titles regardless of whether they are in the Junior Miss or Miss category. if she chooses to compete in another fire department contest prior to the end of her reign as Junior Miss MSFA, she must forfeit this title first. 16. Each regional Junior Miss MSFA may only serve one term in her office. 17. Junior Miss MSFA representatives will be responsible for sending a report of her monthly activities to the Miss Fire Prevention Subcommittee Chair and her regional coordinator at the end of each month. 18. Junior Miss MSFA must be chaperoned by a parent / guardian at all events she attends. 19. it will also be Junior Miss Fire Prevention’s responsibility to contact the MSFA Miss Fire Prevention Chair if she cannot fulfill her duties as Junior Miss Fire Prevention. At this time, she will need to hand over her crown and sash. 20. Dress code requirements: When Junior Miss Fire Prevention is wearing the crown and sash at special or formal occasions such as parades, dances, and at dinners, she should dress appropriately for the occasion. Junior Miss MSFA should NEVER appear in shorts, jeans, tank tops or t-shirts while appearing as Junior Miss MSFA. 21. Any expenses incurred for travel, clothing, etc. are the responsibility of Junior Miss MSFA. She may ask local fire departments and county associations for support if they are willing to oblige. 22. The MSFA Junior Miss Fire Prevention representatives are expected to conduct themselves in a respectable manner. Any conduct unbecoming of Junior Miss Fire Prevention may be cause for removal of title as a decision of the Fire Prevention committee and the executive officers of MSFA. 23. Additional information such as regional coordinator contact information, etc. will be provided on an additional sheet at the same time as this list of rules and the application.

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