The Philadelphia Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Society (CPCU), a professional insurance educational society, announced the winners of the 29th annual Fire Safety In The Home contest co-sponsored with the Council Rock School Board.  Students in the Council Rock elementary schools were invited to write essays or create posters on the subject of fire safety during National Fire Prevention Week, October 7th - 13th.  Each school in the district submitted its top entrants for the final judging.  The panel of judges was comprised of School Board Director Bernadette Heenan, Northampton Township Fire Marshal Frank Fenton and former Northampton Township Supervisor Pete Palestina, CPCU who is the co-ordinator of the contest for the CPCU organization.

The awards will be presented at the Council Rock School Board meeting of November 15th at 7:00 p.m. and again at the Northampton Township Board of Supervisors meeting of December 12th at 7:30 p.m.. The November 15th presentation will be held at the Chancellor Center, 30 N. Chancellor St., Newtown Borough and the December 12th  presentation will be held at the Northampton Township Administration Building located 55 Township Road, Richboro. 

In addition to the CPCU Society awards listed below, the Townships will present special citation awards of recognition and State Senators Tomlinson and McIlhinney and  Representative Petri and Santarsiero will be presenting commendations from the Pa House and Senate. Municipal officials of the township in which the winners reside have also been invited to attend the December 12th presentation to acknowledge the winners with proclamations and a plaque from their respective townships.  Congressman Fitzpatrick has also been invited to present citations.

The winning students and prizes are as follows: