To draw attention to the devastating crime of arson, the Michigan Arson Prevention Committee (MAPC) and the Michigan Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI) each year sponsor an Arson Awareness Poster Contest, open to students in grades 7th through 12th.
Posters are judged on artistic quality and how they emphasize the negative aspect of arson, such as: deaths, injuries, community decay, moral decay and/or property destruction.
The Poster Contest winners are awarded at a luncheon held during Arson Awareness Week, which is the first week in May each year.