International fire fighting competitions

The International Fire Brigade Association ( CTIF ) has held the CTIF International Fire Brigade Competitions ( World Championships ) at various locations every four years since 1961 . They are also known as the Fire Brigade Olympics. Competitions on an international level are also held regularly for the youth fire brigade. However, these are held every two years.

Almost 2,900 participants from 27 countries took part in the competitions in Villach / Austria in July 2017.

Types of competition

X. International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions 1993 in Berlin, discipline 4 × 100 m obstacle relay - volunteer fire brigades

There are three types of competitions, which were introduced at intervals:

• 1961–1969: Traditional International Fire Brigade Competitions
• 1973–1977: Traditional International Fire Brigade Competitions and International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions
• 1981: Traditional International Fire Brigade Competitions, International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions (for BF ) and International Youth Fire Brigade Competitions
• from 1985: Traditional international fire service competitions, international fire service sports competitions (for fire brigades and volunteer fire services ) and international youth fire service competitions

Traditional International Fire Brigade Competitions (TIF)

The basis for the traditional fire brigade competitions introduced in 1961 are the competition regulations from 1951 from Austria . They are divided into two disciplines that must be carried out by the team.

1st CTIF achievement bar 1961

Fire fighting attack (dry)

In the case of a dry fire-fighting attack , an operation with a group (nine firefighters) is simulated. After the group leader or group commander has given the order, the team must set up the hose line from the water extraction point to two carbon steel pipes. In addition to the time, the implementation is also assessed. The following devices are used for the construction:

• 1 portable pump or a corresponding dummy
• 4 A suction hoses
• 2 B pressure hoses
• 6 C pressure hoses
• 2 C-nozzles
• 1 distributor
• 1 suction strainer
• 2 lines
• 3 coupling keys
• Hose ties and hose holders

Obstacle relay race

The obstacle relay race is 400 meters long and is divided into eight equal sections. Every 50 meters, the carried nozzle is handed over as a baton. In the third section of the track there is a six meter long and 60 cm high balance beam. In the seventh section there is a 150 cm high obstacle wall. In the eighth section there is an eight meter long creepage distance (pipe, diameter 70 to 80 cm). For women, the obstacle wall is replaced by a second balance beam in the fourth section. Here, too, in addition to the time required, evaluation points are awarded by the judges in order to enable a comparison.

International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions (IFS)

→ Main article : Fire fighting sports

Fire fighting is a competitive sport which demands motivation, endurance, skill and speed from the athletes. The most interesting disciplines are the duel disciplines of the 100-meter obstacle course and the hook ladder , officially: "Ascent with the hook ladder ".

In fire fighting sports, a distinction is made between team and individual disciplines. Individual events are the 100-meter steeplechase and the hook ladder climbing (men only), Team disciplines are the 4 × 100-meter relay firefighters , the fire attack wet and the group relay (women only).

At the International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions of the CTIF, which take place every four years, the top three competitors, relays and teams are awarded the International Fire Brigade Sports Competition Medal.

International Youth Fire Brigade Competitions (IJFW)

This type of competition was introduced by the CTIF in 1977 in order to give the children and young people (12 to 16 years) of the fire brigade an opportunity to compare themselves internationally. The youth competitions take place every two years.

The competition group (10 athletes) starts in two disciplines. In the fire brigade obstacle exercise (Part A), the group performs several temporary tasks. The assessment is based on time and correct performance of the tasks. In the 400-meter relay race with obstacles , nine young people start and use a C-jet pipe as a relay baton. There are obstacles to overcome in six of the nine sections.

Venues

X. International Fire Brigade Sports Competition 1993 in Berlin, fire fighting discipline FF - Winner: Team FF Beselich – Obertiefenbach

X. International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions 1993 in Berlin, discipline hook ladder climbing - volunteer fire brigades

X. International Fire Brigade Sports Competition 1993 in Berlin, 100 m obstacle course discipline - volunteer fire brigades

competition	youth	year	venue	from ... to	Types of competition
I.	-	1961	Bad Godesberg , Germany	July 21 - July 26	TIF
II.	-	1963	Mulhouse , France	02.09. – 08.09.	TIF
III.	-	1966	Karlovac , in today's Croatia	03.09. – 11.09.	TIF
IV.	-	1969	Krems , Austria	07/01 - 07/07	TIF
V.	-	1973	Brno , in today's Czech Republic	July 9th - July 16th	TIF, IFS
VI.	-	1977	Trento , Italy	July 31 - August 7	TIF, IFS
-	I.	1977	Ettelbruck , Luxembourg	July 20 - July 24	IJFW
-	II.	1979	Perchtoldsdorf , Austria	08/08 - 12/08	IJFW
VII.	III.	1981	Boeblingen , Germany	07/19 - 07/27	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	IV.	1983	Veldhoven , Netherlands	July 24th - July 31st	IJFW
VIII.	V.	1985	Vöcklabruck , Austria	07/15 - 07/21	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	VI.	1987	Havlíčkův Brod , today's Czech Republic	07/22 - 07/28	IJFW
IX.	VII.	1989	Warsaw , Poland	July 24th - July 31st	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	VIII.	1991	Lappeenranta , Finland	07/15 - 07/21	IJFW
X.	IX.	1993	Berlin , Germany	07/11 - 07/17	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	X.	1995	Arco , Italy	07/23 - 07/29	IJFW
XI.	XI.	1997	Herning , Denmark	July 6th - July 12th	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XII.	1999	Altkirch , France	07/11 - 07/17	IJFW
XII.	XIII.	2001	Kuopio , Finland	07/22 - 07/28	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XIV.	2003	Kapfenberg , Austria	July 20-26	IJFW
XIII.	XV.	2005	Varaždin , Croatia	07/17 - 07/24	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XVI.	2007	Revinge , Sweden	07/15 - 07/22	IJFW
XIV.	XVII.	2009	Ostrava , Czech Republic	07/19 - 07/26	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XVIII.	2011	Kočevje , Slovenia	07/17 - 07/24	IJFW
XV.	XIX.	2013	Mulhouse , France	July 14th - July 21st	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XX.	2015	Opole , Poland	07/19 - 07/26	IJFW
XVI.	XXI.	2017	Villach , Austria	July 9th - July 16th	TIF, IFS, IJFW
-	XXII.	2019	Martigny , Switzerland	July 14th - July 21st	IJFW
XVII.	XXIII.	2021	Celje , Slovenia	July 18 - July 25	TIF, IFS, IJFW

Participating groups

The 39 member countries of the CTIF are each allowed to send a limited number of groups to the competitions. There is a subdivision into professional fire brigade , volunteer fire brigade and women's groups.

Germany

VIII. Fire Brigade Olympiad of the CTIF on July 21, 1985: Four years before the fall of the Wall there was a German-German encounter. The GDR fire brigade national team of the professional fire brigades (light uniforms) and the only sports competition team of the German Fire Brigade Association, the FF Beselich-Obertiefenbach (dark uniforms).

For the qualification of the German competition groups there is the German championship in fire fighting sport (formerly federal competition ). This takes place every four years. In 2008 a total of 20 groups qualified for participation in the XIV Fire Brigade Olympiad of the CTIF in Ostrava.

competition	year	venue	from ... to	Types of competition
1.	1972	Frankfurt am Main	June 24th - July 2nd	TIF
2.	1976	Holzminden	17.09. – 18.09.	TIF
3.	1980	Hanover	June 13th - June 14th	TIF
4th	1984	Holzminden	June 1st - June 2nd	TIF
5.	1988	Hanover	May 27-28	TIF, IJFW
6th	1992	Olpe	June 19 - June 20	TIF, IJFW
7th	1996	Boeblingen	July 25th - July 27th	TIF, IFS, IJFW
8th.	2000	augsburg	June 21 - June 24	TIF, IFS, IJFW
9.	2004	Halle (Saale)	July 14th - July 18th	TIF, IFS, IJFW
10.	2008	Boeblingen	07/23 - 07/26	TIF, IFS, IJFW
11.	2012	cottbus	July 25-29	TIF, IFS, IJFW
12.	2016	Rostock	July 28th - July 30th	TIF, IFS, IJFW
13.	2020	Bad Frankenhausen	July 29th - August 2nd	TIF, IFS, IJFW

Austria

Logo for the competitions in Carinthia

A total of 88 groups from Austria took part in the traditional competitions between 1961 and 2009. In 2013 the groups 89 (Kirnberg Lower Austria), 90 (Niederabsdorf, Lower Austria), 91 ( Königschlag - municipality Schenkenfelden Upper Austria) and 92 (Ludesch, Vlbg) were added. For example, groups from Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis , Eichhorn , St. Pölten , Mistelbach , Grafenbach, Oberkreuzstetten , Kürnberg , Palterndorf , Zillingdorf , Zillingtal , Furth , Leopoldsdorf, Gloggnitz , Wiesenfeld, Ossarn , Ebersegg - St. Ulrich bei Steyr (Winner 1989, 2013), Weeg (5-time winner 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013), Au im Bregenzerwald (world record in Kuopio Finland in fire fighting), Neufeld an der Leitha (in total 4 ×; 1993: world record holder of the volunteer fire services in the obstacle relay race (9 × 50 m) -trad. competition), Ainet.

The mode for successful qualification is different in the federal states, for example in Upper Austria the two groups that, added together, can achieve the most points in successive years in rating class A without age points.

Of the youth groups, 20 groups took part between 1977 and 2009, such as Tragwein (9 times participation in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015), Winden-Windegg (5 times participation in 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015), Erdleiten, Weeg, Pöndorf , Perchtoldsdorf (2003), Kürnberg , Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis (4 times participation), Ruprechtshofen , Dirnbach (2003) and Hainfeld . The youth groups from Austria have also been able to provide some world champions, for example Tragwein (4-time winner 1995, 1997, 2005, 2007), Kürnberg (2003), Weeg (2013) and Bad Mühllacken (2017, 2019).

youth	year	venue	World Champion	Austrian participants
I.	1977	Ettelbruck , Luxembourg	Negenborn (DE)	Girm, Kalsdorf
II.	1979	Perchtoldsdorf , Austria	Kalsdorf (AUT)	Kalsdorf,?
III.	1981	Boeblingen , Germany	Neckenmarkt (AUT)	Neckenmarkt, St. Peter am Hart
IV.	1983	Veldhoven , Netherlands	Spišská Nová Ves (CSR)	Pöndorf, St. Peter am Hart
V.	1985	Vöcklabruck , Austria	Erdmannsdorf (AUT)	Erdmannsdorf, Pinkafeld
VI.	1987	Havlíčkův Brod , today's Czech Republic	Veľká Hradná (CSR)	Ruprechtshofen,?
VII.	1989	Warsaw , Poland	Neckenmarkt (AUT)	Neckenmarkt, Oberbairing
VIII.	1991	Lappeenranta , Finland	Bratislava Petrzalka (SVK)	Neckenmarkt, Pöndorf, Summerau
IX.	1993	Berlin , Germany	Erdmannsdorf (AUT)	Erdmannsdorf, Summerau
X.	1995	Arco , Italy	Tragwein (AUT)	St. Martin in the Mühlkreis, Tragwein, Erdmannsdorf
XI.	1997	Herning , Denmark	Tragwein (AUT)	St. Martin in the Mühlkreis, Tragwein, Erdmannsdorf
XII.	1999	Altkirch , France	Hinterberg (AUT)	Hinterberg, St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Tragwein
XIII.	2001	Kuopio , Finland	Fire (RUS)	Hinterberg, Perchtoldsdorf, Tragwein
XIV.	2003	Kapfenberg , Austria	Kürnberg (AUT)	Kürnberg, Dirnbach, Perchtoldsdorf
XV.	2005	Varaždin , Croatia	Tragwein (AUT)	Kürnberg, Tragwein, Winden-Windegg,
XVI.	2007	Revinge , Sweden	Tragwein (AUT)	Hinterberg, Tragwein, Wagenhub
XVII.	2009	Ostrava , Czech Republic	SDH Chlumec nad Cidlinou (CZE)	Erdleiten, Tragwein, Winden-Windegg
XVIII.	2011	Kočevje , Slovenia	SDH Chlumec nad Cidlinou (CZE)	Tragwein, Winden-Windegg
XIX.	2013	Mulhouse , France	Weeg (AUT)	Weeg, Winden-Windegg
XX.	2015	Opole , Poland	MDP Gluchow /wlkp./ (POL)	Tragwein, Winden-Windegg, Weeg
XXI.	2017	Villach , Austria	Bad Mühllacken (AUT)	Bad Mühllacken, Guggenberg, St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Mitteregg-Haagen-Sand (female)
XXII.	2019	Martigny , Switzerland	Bad Mühllacken (AUT)	Bad Mühllacken, St. Martin im Mühlkreis, Waldneukirchen, Mitteregg-Haagen-Sand (female)

In the case of youth groups, qualification takes place in the course of the federal fire service youth performance competition.

Medal ranks

youth

year	Rating	gold		silver		bronze
1977	male / acc.		Negenborn		Densberg		Screen
1979	male / acc.		Kalsdorf		Val		Nieder-Roden
1981	male / acc.		Neckenmarkt		St. Peter am Hart		Sarntheim
1983	male / acc.		Spišská Nová Ves		Pondorf		St. Peter am Hart
1985	male / acc.		Erdmannsdorf		Corpa Nazionale		Chlumec n. Cidlinou
1987	male / acc.		Veľká Hradná		ZS Lumumbova		Ruprechtshofen
1989	male / acc.		Neckenmarkt		Corpa Nazionale		Kamienica
1991	male / acc.		Bratislava Petrzalka		Pondorf		Rebordosa
1991	female		Nuijamaa		Leixões		OSP Leszno
1993	male / acc.		Erdmannsdorf		Bratislava Petrzalka		Summerau
1993	female		Bratislava Petrzalka		DVD Kastel Sukurac		Item 1
1995	male / acc.		Carrying wine		St. Martin in the Mühlkreis		SDH Karolinka
1995	female		Desno Trebarjewo		MDP Barchlin	?	?
1997	male / acc.		Carrying wine		St. Martin in the Mühlkreis		Erdmannsdorf
1997	female		Podunaske Biskupice		DVD Strahoninec		MDP Barchlin
1999	male / acc.		Hinterberg		Carrying wine		St. Martin in the Mühlkreis
1999	female		Podunaske Biskupice		Desno Trebarjewo		PGP Dobrna 1
2001	male / acc.		fire		Carrying wine		PGD ​​Gomilsko
2001	female		Barchlin		PGP Dobrna 1		Muzlja
2003	male / acc.		Kürnberg		Czech Republic 1		Dirnbach
2003	female		Andraz nad Polzelo		Jalševec Breški		MDP Niechobrz Dolny
2005	male / acc.		Carrying wine		Winden-Windegg		Kürnberg
2005	female		DHZ-ZS Siroke 2		Piskova Lhota		OSP Skotniki
2007	male / acc.		Carrying wine		Hinterberg		Carriage lift
2007	female		DHZ-ZS Siroke 2		Becsekely Öte		PGD ​​Gomilsko
2009	male / acc.		Chlumec n. Cidlinou		fire		Oberneuenkirchen 1
2009	female		Zbilje		Jalševec Breški		Piskova Lhota
2011	male / acc.		SDH Chlumec nad Cidlinou		Pamece Trobje 1		Winden-Windegg
2011	female		Pamece Trobje 1		Zbilje		Josipdol
2013	male / acc.		Weeg		VDPO-Russia		SDH Ponikla
2013	female		Pamece Trobje 1		SDH Písková Lhota		ZŠ-DHZ Šunava
2015	male / acc.		MDP Gluchow /wlkp./		Carrying wine		Trentino
2015	female		SDH Piskova Lhota		PGD ​​Zbilje		ZS-DHZ Sunava
2017	male / acc.		Bad Mühllacken		Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis		Guggenberg
2017	female		SDH Piskova Lhota		Mitteregg-Haagen-Sand		PGD ​​Andraz Nad Polzelo
2019	male / acc.		Bad Mühllacken		Sankt Martin im Mühlkreis		Trentino
2019	female		PGD ​​Zbilje		SDH Písková Lhota		Nuštar

literature

• Competitive competitions in the fire brigade , 2017, proceedings of the International Working Group on Fire Brigade and Fire Protection History in the CTIF
• 50 Years of the International Fire Brigade Competitions of the CTIF - Facts and Figures (1961-2011) , 2013, Dipl.-Ing. Wilhelm Bohlmann, self-published

See also

Commons : Fire-fighting sport  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Web links

• Results list youth 2007 Revinge (PDF file; 297 kB)
• Results list 2009 Ostrava (PDF file; 322 kB)
• Results list youth 2011 Kocevje (PDF file; 3 MB)
• Results list 2013 Mulhouse (PDF file; 896 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Top performance in fire brigade uniform / Great praise to host Austria. German Fire Brigade Association, accessed on February 27, 2018 . 
2. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : CTIF World Championships in Austria . In: Florian Hessen 9/1985 . Munkelt Verlag, Wiesbaden 1985, p. 1-2 . ISSN 0936-5370 .  
3. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : X. Fire Brigade Olympics 1993 in Berlin . In: Florian Hessen 9/1993 . Munkelt Verlag, Wiesbaden 1993, p. 24-26 . ISSN 0936-5370 .  
4. ↑ CTIF member countries accessed on May 9, 2012
5. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : The friendship with the fire brigade began before - Beselich and the GDR national team at CTIF . In: Florian Hessen 7/2015 . Henrich Druck + Medien, Wiesbaden 2015, p. 22-23 . ISSN 0936-5370 .  
6. ^ Wilhelm Bohlmann: International Fire Brigade Competitions of the CTIF . W. Bohlmann, Rostock 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029246-0 .