2026 CFA/VFBV State Urban Firefighter Championships

Nomination of Officials and Judges

Juniors: Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd March 2026

Seniors: Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March 2026 

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

Please Note: All competing Brigades are required to nominate a minimum of 2 non competing members to act as Judges for each Championship. If your brigade is entering more than one team or a team in the Female Section events at the Senior Championship, additional judges should nominated.

This form will need to be completed for each judge individually.

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

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Details

Working with Children Check Requirements - Judges and Officials

It is mandatory for all Judges and Officials to hold a current Working With Children Check (WWCC) card with VFBV registered as the organisation, or VFBV added as an additional organisation to an existing WWCC. This is required for both the Junior and Senior Championships. 

a) If you do not have a WWCC Card you can apply online at Working with Children Check or if you need assistance please phone WWCC Customer Service on 1300 652 879 or the VFBV Office 9886 1141. 

b) If you already have a WWCC Card with CFA or other organisation/s, you are required to add VFBV as an additional organisation. 

Your WWCC card can be updated online Working with children check - Update details or by phoning WWCC Customer Service 1300 652 879 and providing VFBV's details: 

• Occupational field: 42 Clubs and Associations 

• Organisation name: Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria 

• Postal address: SE 9 24 Lakeside Drive, Burwood East VIC 3151 

• Phone number: 0398861141 

• Email: vfbv@vfbv.com.au 

Further instructions regarding Working with Children Checks are available here.

Please do not delay applying for or updating your Working with Children Check as it can take up to 12 weeks for checks to be completed. 

Nominating for more than one role

If you are nominating for more than one role, the Urban Competition and Rules Committee will endeavour to cater for a member's first choice, however, to effectively cater for all areas of function, it is sometimes necessary to vary the preferred choice of some members.

Dress

Judges and Officials when working on the track are required to wear either:

a) VFBV shirt & shorts
b) CFA summer uniform
c) CFA workwear
d) Competition running gear

First Aid Official 

If nominating as a First Aid Official for the first time, members are requested to provide details of their qualifications and First Aid Certificates with dates. 

Please provide this information to championships@vfbv.com.au

Travel 

If your brigade is not competing, information on how to claim for travel reimbursement will be distributed prior to the 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