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15 November 2024
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Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa 2024 held in Mossel Bay, #TFA-SA
The Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa 2024 was held at De Bakke Santo Beach in Mossel Bay this year with a record number of participants taking part in South Africa’s largest and most strenuous firefighter challenge.
The overall winners for 2024 were Emile Conrad of Garden Route Fire Department (male) and Baigum Abrahams of City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service. Visit https://www.frimedia.org/tfa-2024-gallery.html for complete results and the gallery. Congratulations to all participants for their impressive efforts and to the winners, what an amazing result! The Brotherhood/Sisterhood in Action!
Mark Smith, organiser of the event said this year's TFA is definitely the best TFA this far. ”The Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa (TFA-SA) competition this year had a very special feel to it. The circuit was extremely well set up by those involved including the event being coordinated brilliantly by the MCs to ensure that the event schedule was largely adhered to,” said Smith.
He added, “It was incredibly encouraging to see the dedication and number of competitors participating with 240 individuals and 58 relay teams making the South African TFA one of the biggest events of its kind in the world. The 'gees' of the TFA-SA is unique with the music ensuring a spirited-filled environment with many competitors dancing to the start.”
“A further highlight was seeing Jens Lüdeke from Hamburg in Germany absolutely obliterating the circuit in a record time to demonstrate the level of performance that will be required to challenge on the international circuit. A big thank you to every single person, volunteers, exhibitors, organisers, sponsors, vendors, municipalities and competitors for making this event the success it was,” said Smith.
Jens Lüdeke from Hamburg in Germany said, “I think I can't really describe what I think and feel about the TFA SA. It was so special. I've never seen a competition like that. It was awesome. A competition where all the spectators standing next to the arena begin to dance and sing. Doesn't matter if they already started or if their event was still lying ahead. People who have so much fun. A competition where I think around 50 percent of the competitors are women. It was insane. The organisation was amazing; special thanks to Mr Smith and his crew. Thanks for all the sponsors who made this happen. Thanks to all the competitors who made this competition a very tough one. They train all year round, not only for themselves or to compete. They train so that they are ready to help/to rescue others in need. As a firefighter and paramedic, we have to be tougher and fitter than the rest of the world. We are the ones people call in an emergency. Training physical fitness also means training resilience. People are not themselves when they have an emergency. They shout at us. Sometimes they want to fight with us and we have to stay cool and collected with them through these traumatising times. A competition like that shows us where we are and what we can do to improve. We try and push past our limits to test what we can do. The crowd is shouting and the course is hitting. That's why we are doing this. South Africa was very beautiful and a special place for me with all the lovely people to do that with. Many thanks to that beautiful Firefighter Family.”
Fire and Rescue International magazine will be publishing a more indepth overview of this year’s TFA in the upcoming magazine. We received numerous feedbacks from the chief fire officers, team captains and participants, which is included in the magazine article. But for now, enjoy the videos and photo gallery!
Gallery and videos Individual results Relay results
Quote of the week
“Heroes are never perfect but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet and they've got grit." ~ Wade Davis
Fire and Rescue International is your magazine.
Read it, use it and share it!
Read the latest magazine: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-vol-7-no-4.html
FRI magazine archive: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-archives.html
Enjoy the read!
Lee Raath-Brownie
Managing director
Cell: 082 371 0190
Contact us
Tel: 011 452 3135 or Email: [email protected]
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The overall winners for 2024 were Emile Conrad of Garden Route Fire Department (male) and Baigum Abrahams of City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service. Visit https://www.frimedia.org/tfa-2024-gallery.html for complete results and the gallery. Congratulations to all participants for their impressive efforts and to the winners, what an amazing result! The Brotherhood/Sisterhood in Action!
Mark Smith, organiser of the event said this year's TFA is definitely the best TFA this far. ”The Toughest Firefighter Alive South Africa (TFA-SA) competition this year had a very special feel to it. The circuit was extremely well set up by those involved including the event being coordinated brilliantly by the MCs to ensure that the event schedule was largely adhered to,” said Smith.
He added, “It was incredibly encouraging to see the dedication and number of competitors participating with 240 individuals and 58 relay teams making the South African TFA one of the biggest events of its kind in the world. The 'gees' of the TFA-SA is unique with the music ensuring a spirited-filled environment with many competitors dancing to the start.”
“A further highlight was seeing Jens Lüdeke from Hamburg in Germany absolutely obliterating the circuit in a record time to demonstrate the level of performance that will be required to challenge on the international circuit. A big thank you to every single person, volunteers, exhibitors, organisers, sponsors, vendors, municipalities and competitors for making this event the success it was,” said Smith.
Jens Lüdeke from Hamburg in Germany said, “I think I can't really describe what I think and feel about the TFA SA. It was so special. I've never seen a competition like that. It was awesome. A competition where all the spectators standing next to the arena begin to dance and sing. Doesn't matter if they already started or if their event was still lying ahead. People who have so much fun. A competition where I think around 50 percent of the competitors are women. It was insane. The organisation was amazing; special thanks to Mr Smith and his crew. Thanks for all the sponsors who made this happen. Thanks to all the competitors who made this competition a very tough one. They train all year round, not only for themselves or to compete. They train so that they are ready to help/to rescue others in need. As a firefighter and paramedic, we have to be tougher and fitter than the rest of the world. We are the ones people call in an emergency. Training physical fitness also means training resilience. People are not themselves when they have an emergency. They shout at us. Sometimes they want to fight with us and we have to stay cool and collected with them through these traumatising times. A competition like that shows us where we are and what we can do to improve. We try and push past our limits to test what we can do. The crowd is shouting and the course is hitting. That's why we are doing this. South Africa was very beautiful and a special place for me with all the lovely people to do that with. Many thanks to that beautiful Firefighter Family.”
Fire and Rescue International magazine will be publishing a more indepth overview of this year’s TFA in the upcoming magazine. We received numerous feedbacks from the chief fire officers, team captains and participants, which is included in the magazine article. But for now, enjoy the videos and photo gallery!
Gallery and videos Individual results Relay results
Quote of the week
“Heroes are never perfect but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet and they've got grit." ~ Wade Davis
Fire and Rescue International is your magazine.
Read it, use it and share it!
Read the latest magazine: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-vol-7-no-4.html
FRI magazine archive: https://www.frimedia.org/fri-archives.html
Enjoy the read!
Lee Raath-Brownie
Managing director
Cell: 082 371 0190
Contact us
Tel: 011 452 3135 or Email: [email protected]
Websites
www.fireandrescue.co
www.frimedia.org
www.facebook.com/FireandRescueInternational
www.twitter.com/FRI_magazine
http://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-raath-brownie-16668065/
