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Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa 2024 now open for registration
Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa 2024 now open for registration
The 9th edition of South Africa’s ‘Toughest Firefighter Alive’ (TFA-SA) Open competition will be held at De Bakke beach in Mossel Bay on Thursday, 26 to Saturday, 28 September 2024. Registration will close on Thursday, 31 August 2024.
The TFA-SA is based on the international Toughest Firefighter Alive’ Challenge, the blue riband event of the World Firefighter Games (WFG). The WFG started in Auckland, New Zealand 1990 and is held in a different country every two years with the winner of the TFA Competition at the WFG being crowned the World’s Toughest Firefighter Alive, a very prestigious award.
The TFA-SA South Africa’s premier fire fighter event was held for the first in Cape Town at the Good Hope Centre on October 2011 with a total of approximately 80 competitors. The event has been primarily hosted in Cape Town, then in George in 2016 and with Mossel Bay hosting the event from 2022 until 2024. The 8th Edition of the event held in Mossel Bay 2023 attracted a South African record amount of 168 individual firefighter competitors’ participants, with 43 relay teams from 30 different municipalities and entities.
The Firefighters for Excellence Foundation – SA exists to promote and encourage elite fitness amongst firefighters, acknowledging the critical role fitness and wellness plays within the firefighting profession, in ensuring the safety and well-being of our communities.
Individuals, municipalities, volunteer organisations, private firefighting companies and industrial and military firefighters are encouraged to support and partake in TFA-SA. The event provides the opportunity to collaborate and benchmark the South Africa’s firefighters whilst enhancing service delivery through fitter, stronger fire fighters, build community relations, motivate fire fighters and restore local and national pride in the fire services.
Registration
The entry fee will be as follows:Individuals: R300 Team: R950
Categories
Individual Age Categories (as on day of TFA competition)
Malea. Men’s Individual 18~29 yearsb. Men’s Individual 30-34 yearsc. Men’s Individual 35~39 yearsd. Men’s Individual 40~44 yearse. Men’s Individual 45~49 yearsf. Men’s Individual 50 – 54 yearsg. Men’s Individual 55 – 59 yearsh. Men’s Individual 60+
Femalea. Women Individual 18~29 yearsb. Women Individual 30~34 yearsc. Women Individual 35~39 yearsd. Women Individual 40 – 44 yearse. Women Individual 45 – 49 yearsf. Women Individual 50 + years
Relay team categories (fastest time wins)
Malea. Male Openb. Male over 40c. Male over 50
Femalea. Female Openb. Female over 40
Relay event: individuals are required to be of the same region or functional sector to enter as a team
For further enquiries contact Mark SmithCell: 071 676 4272Email: tfa@firerescue.cowww.frimedia.org/tfa
Register here:Registration form link
