Russell A. Jackson, Chief Executive Officer of the First Responder Institute, said: “This incredible sporting event gives firefighters around the world an opportunity to experience the best of what both organisations offer”, while DJ Mackovets, CEO of the World Police & Fire Games 2025, noted that bringing the Southeast Regional Classic to compete alongside the world’s first responders “will be an incredibly exciting first-time addition to the WPFG”.
Firefighters in the SERVPRO® Firefighter Challenge League (FCL) will converge in the Greater Birmingham Area to compete in the 2025 Southeast Regional Classic of the TFT® Firefighter Challenge Championship Series, during the BHM 2025 World Police & Fire Games.
“Many of our incredible firefighter athletes train year-round to not only perform at their best in this competition but to also be at their best when responding to a 911 emergency. This is their opportunity to have fun, earn some bragging rights for their fire department, and to help inspire the next generation of firefighters,” Jackson added.
The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) are an Olympic-style competition with thousands of athletes representing first responders from different countries across the world. This includes law enforcement, firefighters and officers from corrections, probation, border protection, immigration and customs.
The Games are held biennially and include over 60 sports in the official games programme. The Games are governed by the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF), the host city, and the WPFG Board of Directors.
The first World Police & Fire Games were held in 1985 in San Jose, California, to offer the same variety of sports, and the same high calibre of venues, officials and athletic achievement as the original California Police Games, but on a global scale. Since then, WPFG has been hosted several times in the United States and also in different countries including Australia, Canada, China, Northern Ireland, Spain, and Sweden.
The size and scope of the World Police & Fire Games continue to grow with a steady increase in the numbers attending in addition to the number of countries involved. While attendance averages about 9,000, the 2011 WPFG in New York holds the current attendance record where over 16,000 athletes competed in 67 sports from almost 70 countries.
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