2026 CFA/VFBV State Rural Junior Firefighter Championships

Team Entry & Registration

Juniors: Sunday 29th March, 2026, commencing 0830 hrs

Venue: Stawell North Park Recreation Reserve, Newington Rd, Stawell 

Closing date: Sunday 15 February 2026 

This form can be saved and submitted later, however once submitted no edits can be made to this form. If you require form support after submission, please contact championships@cfa.vic.gov.au

CFA collects the personal information you provide in this form for the purposes of administering and managing participation in the CFA/VFBV State Championships.

This information will be shared with Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria (VFBV) for event management, including coordinating entries, preparing event materials, and ensuring participant safety and wellbeing. 

Your information may also be used for related administrative purposes, reporting, and compliance with CFA policies. 

By submitting this form, you consent to CFA and VFBV using and sharing your information for these purposes. 

For more information about how CFA handles personal information, please refer to the CFA Privacy Policy. 

CFA privacy policy link: Privacy | CFA (Country Fire Authority)



Booking Details

Details of the person filling in this form:



Junior Coaches/Leaders

Coaches and Junior Leaders MUST be registered with CFA as endorsed Junior Leaders.

SOP 3.01 requires Junior competitors/members to be accompanied by TWO Junior Leaders for Junior activities.  Junior Coaches/Leaders MUST all have a current WWCC card.

If the Coach, or others acting in the role, are not formally endorsed Junior Leaders (through the HQ process) they must apply to become one via this link. This process can happen quickly.

PLEASE NOTE - Junior Coaches/Leaders WILL NOT be able to participate it they:

  • are NOT registered CFA members and endorsed Junior Leaders

  • DO NOT have a current WWCC

Please list your Junior Coaches/Leaders below. All fields MUST be completed.

Please access and read the Rules for Junior Coaches/Leaders.


Junior competitors

All competitors MUST be registered CFA members. CFA member numbers will be collected on a second form sent to you in early 2026. Competitors MUST be registered CFA members by 6 March 2026.

If you have young people who are not yet members their parent/guardian should start the membership application NOW using this link  Apply to volunteer | CFA (Country Fire Authority).

Consent from parents/guardians will be gathered for ALL under 18 year old competitors to participate in State Championships. To facilitate this, parent/guardian email addresses will be collected (mobile numbers are helpful) for registering under 18 year olds. This information will be collected on the next form to be sent to you in early 2026.

PLEASE NOTE - Under 18 year old competitors WILL NOT be able to participate if they:

  • are NOT registered CFA members

  • DO NOT have parent consent


Team/s Entry


Events

Event 1: Low Down Pump & Ladder
Event 2: Wet Hose & Ladder
Event 4: Tanker - Priming Pumping & Ladder
Event 5: Hydrant & Tanker
Event 6: Tanker - Drawing Water from Tank


Travel

To assist with planning, CFA have requested that Brigades provide an indication of potential travel claims for the 2026 State Championships. The information you provide below is not binding but will assist CFA in planning for expected travel reimbursement.

Each Brigade will still be required to submit a travel claim for each Championship with the reimbursement form to be distributed prior to the State Championships.

To be eligible for reimbursement of costs for bus travel, pre-approval must be obtained by sending a quote for hire / travel through to championships@cfa.vic.gov.au by Sunday 8 March 2026. 

All invoices and receipts are required to be submitted to championships@cfa.vic.gov.au within four weeks of the event date for reimbursements. Claims received after this time, or that do not have pre-approval, will not be reimbursed.


Make-up

Brigade member to be included on the Make-up Personnel roster for Sunday 29th March.


Confirmation of Conditions of Entry

Please check the boxes below to confirm that you are aware of the conditions of entry into the State Championships.

This form can be saved and submitted later, however once submitted no edits can be made to this form. If you require form support after submission, please contact championships@cfa.vic.gov.au