Guide to the Challenge

REGIONS The United States operations is divided into five (5) regions. U.S. athletes are placed into the region of their declared state of resi- dence. Military personnel will be placed into the region where their assigned base is located. Regardless of the assigned region, an athlete can compete in any regional event. International competitors can also compete in any event. STATES BY REGIONS

Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Mississippi North Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Michigan Minnesota Missouri Nebraska

Arizona Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas

Connecticut Delaware DC Maine Maryland

Alaska California Colorado Hawaii Idaho Montana

Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont

Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming

North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin

MAIN CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES

The TFT® Firefighter Challenge Championship Series offers six (6) exciting ‘Main Categories’ to compete in: • Individual • FD Showdown Team • FD Tandem Team (new for 2025) • Hybrid Tandem Team • FD Relay Team • Hybrid Relay Team

Each main category offers a variety of age and gender ‘subcategories’ to choose from.

Individual Category : Athletes competing in the Individual Category will do so in the subcategory of their current age.

FD Tandem Team Category : Teams must adhere to the following formation policies:

• Athletes competing in the FD Tandem Team ‘Under Age 40’ subcategory must both be under age 40. • Athletes competing in the FD Tandem Team ‘Open’ subcategory can be any age however only one (1) ‘Under Age 40’ athlete on the team is allowed. Hybrid Tandem Team Category : Athletes competing in any of the Hybrid Tandem Team subcategories must select the age sub- category based on its youngest member. FD and Hybrid Relay Team Categories : Athletes competing in any of the FD and Hybrid Relay Team subcategories must select the age subcategory based on its youngest member. POLICY: A FD Showdown, Tandem or Relay team must name the team using the legal name of the FD, i.e., City of Brilliant (AL) Fire Dept. If registering more than one team in the same subcategory, each team will begin with the same city department name followed by a unique identifier, i.e., 1, Blue Team, A Team, etc.

The following are the subcategories we generally offer. Age/Gender subcategories not listed can be added in certain categories when enough teams are present and meet the required minimum teams for a subcategory to advance.

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