TFA Rules

Toughest Firefighter Alive

Rules

 
1.     All participants should report at least one hour before their individual start time
      at the registration office.
      
2.     Clothing: sport shoes, sport shorts, fire fighting jacket, fire fighting helmet.
      The breathing apparatus set will be supplied by the organiser.
      
3.     Station 1:
      The two hoses have to pulled up to the markings (around 80 m). If the
      competitor is not able to pull both hoses together it is allowed to pull them one
      after another.
      The hoses will then be made up, each in a single roll. It is for the umpire to
      decide if the make up was done properly. The hoses will then be laid down at
      a marked point (it is for the competitor to decide if both are put down together
      or one after another).
      
4.     Station 2:
      The participant has to do 100 strokes at the hammerbox. It is not allowed to
      throw the weights (20 kg) at the run through the pipe. The 90 kg shoulder
      weight will be carried over a distance of 100 m. Afterwards there is a 2,50 m
      wall to climb. The time will be stopped after jumping from the wall onto the mat.
      
5.     Station 3:
      Carry a 4,60 m ladder to an outside staircase, then carry two weights of 15 kg
      each up the staircase to the third floor. Pull two “B“-hose (75 mm in diameter)
      up which are joined together. They have to be pulled over the balustrade and
      put down on the floor. Carry the two 15 kg weights back down the staircase.
      Then screw a nozzle-tip on a monitor. Time will be taken by passing the
      finishing line.
      
6.     Station 4:
      Climbing up a staircase 15 floors.
      
7.     With the exception of station 2 the competitor has to carry a breathing apparatus
      set at all stations.
      
8.     If the competitor misses a station he will get a time penalty of eight minutes.
      The competitor is allowed to continue.
      
9.     If the times for the individual start at a station is exceeded the time will still be
      taken from the original start time.
      
10.     A station has to be completed after four minutes for the men and after five
      minutes for the women. If the time is exceeded the umpire will stop the
      competitor and will take a time of four minutes plus four minutes penalty time.
      The competitor is allowed to continue.
      
11.     If a competitor does not complete a station there will also be four minutes
      plus four penalty minutes taken. The competitor is allowed to continue.
      
12.     If a station is not done properly it is handled the same way as in numbers 10
      and 11.
      
13.     Every competitor will have an attendant who will watch the compliance with
      start times (a brake of at most 10 minutes which results in a start time every
      15 minutes at each station).
      
14.     A competitor who has completed all stations properly and within the time
      limit will have an advantage in the final count.
      
15.     The competitor with the shortest overall time will win the competition.