The document outlines the regulations for an international club tournament in firefighting sports to be held from September 22-26, 2014 in Varna, Bulgaria. It provides details on the organization, schedule of events, participation requirements, and rules for individual and team competitions in various firefighting disciplines. The goal is to promote firefighting sports and strengthen international collaboration between firefighter clubs and departments.

1. REGULATION
to the invitation by Firefighting Applied Sports Club –
Varna
REGULATION
For conducting an International Club Tournament in Firefighting Applied Sports
for “Odessos” 2014 Cup
1. Goal and objectives
The international competitions are organized and conducted with the goal of:
- developing and promoting firefighting applied sports and the firefighter’s profession;
- further improving the professional and sports abilities of the officers from the fire-fighting
applied sports clubs and the firefighting departments;
- strengthening the friendly relations and collaboration between the clubs and the firefighters
from the various cities and countries.
2. Time-scale and venue
The competitions will take place from 22nd
until 26th
September 2014 at “Locomotive” sports
complex in the city of Varna, at the address: city of Varna, 187 Slivnitsa blvd.
3. Organization of the competitions
The general management of the organization and conducting of the competitions shall be done
by the Chief Directorate for Fire Safety and Protection of the Population of the Republic of Bulgaria
and the Bulgarian Federation for Firefighting Applied Sports (BFFAS). Co-organizers are the
Municipality of Varna and VFU “Chernorizets Hrabar”.
The responsibility for the preparation and conducting of the competition is assigned to the
Regional Department for Fire Safety and Protection of the Population in the city of Varna, Firefighting
Applied Sports Club – Varna, as well as to the Chief Referee Committee, nominated by BFFAS.
The competitions will be held according to the present Regulations and the Rules for
Organizing and Conducting Competitions in Firefighting Applied Sports, established by the
International Sports Federation of Firefighters and Rescuers /ISFFR/.
4. Participants in the competition
Participants in the competition will be clubs from all the countries, which have been invited by
the organizers and have confirmed their participation in due time.
5. Programme of the competition
22 September
- from 14.00 until 18.00 h. – arrival and accommodation of the teams
23 September
- from 09.00 until 10.30 h. – Technical conference, drawing lots
- from 09 until 13.00 h. – Testing the sports facilities – according to a schedule at the
Locomotive stadium.
- from 11 until 13.00 h. – A meeting with team representatives and the committee of referees.
24 September
- from 09.00 until 11.30 h. – Climbing with a firefighters’ ladder.

2. - from 16.00 until 17.30 h. – Official opening of the competition, semifinal and final series in
the discipline “Climbing with a firefighters’ ladder”
25 September
- from 9.00 until 12.00 h. - 100-meter track with hurdles.
- from 16.00 until 16.30 h. - semifinal and final series in the discipline “100-meter track with
hurdles”
- from 17.00 until 19.00 h. – Firefighters’ relay 4×100 метра.
26 September
- from 09.00 until 12.00 h. – Deployment from a motor pump.
- from 12.30 until 13.00 h. – Official closing of the competition and awarding the prize
winners – “Locomotive” sports complex.
- Official lunch.
- Departure of the teams.
6. Team members and timing by disciplines
6.1. Team members – 12 people, of whom 10 competitors, 1 coach and 1 manager.
6.2. Climbing with a firefighters’ ladder – 8 members, the six best results shall be taken for the
record.
6.3. 100-meter track with hurdles – 8 members, the six best results shall be taken for the record.
6.4. Firefighters’ relay 4×100 метра – 2 formations from a team shall participate, 1 best result
shall be taken for the record.
6.5. Deployment from a motor pump – 1 team (of 7 people) shall participate, 1 best result from
two attempts shall be for the record.
7. Criteria for the individual and team ranking
The general team ranking will be done starting from the lowest sum of the ranks, won by the
teams in all the disciplines from the programme of the competition in an ascending order. In case of an
equal total amount of the ranks won, the higher final rank is awarded to the team with a better result in
the deployment.
The team ranking in the disciplines will be determined by the lowest sum of the timings of the
successfully finished participants. In case of an equal total sum of the timings of two of more teams,
the teams will be awarded one rank, and there will not be any subsequent rank awarded. A team, which
did not get 6 scores, shall be ranked among the teams with 6 timings. If two or more teams have
identical incomplete number of registered timings, then the higher rank will be awarded to the team
with the lower total sum of the registered in the competition timings of the participants.
The competition in the disciplines, including in the deployment, shall be determined by the
better result shown by the sportsmen in one of two attempts. In case of equal results, the winning team
will be determined by the better total sum of timings in both attempts; in case of equal total sum of
timings in both attempts – by the better result from the first attempt, and also according to who has
started earlier.
The winning team in the one-on-one competition shall be determined by the better (smaller)
total sum of the timings shown in one of the two attempts in each discipline (climbing with a
firefighters’ ladder and 100-meter track with hurdles), irrespective whether the disciplines were held in
one day, or in different days. In case of equal total sums of timings of one or more participants, the
advantage will be for the sportsman, who has shown a better result in the firefighters’ ladder climbing.
The individual competition in overcoming the 100-meter track with hurdles and firefighters’
ladder climbing shall be determined by the results from the semifinal and the final series.
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3. The semifinal series shall be determined by the results from the preliminary series under the
following scheme: 1st
semifinal series – 5th
,1st
,4th
,8th
results; 2nd
semifinal series – 6th
,2nd
,3rd
,7th
results,
respectively 1st
,2nd
,3rd
,4th
corridors. The final series shall be determined by the results from the
semifinal series under the following scheme – 4th
,1st
,2nd
,3rd
results, respectively 1st
,2nd
,3rd
,4th
corridors.
The results achieved by the sportsmen in the semifinal and final series shall not be counted for
the total timing of the teams.
The better result achieved by one of the two formations of each team shall be taken for the
ranking in the firefighters’ relay discipline. In case of equal results of the relays of several different
teams, the higher rank will be for the team (relay formation), which started earlier. In case of equal
results in the relays starting in one and the same series, there will be one and same rank awarded (no
subsequent rank will be awarded).
8. Prize-giving
The teams ranked at the 1st
, 2nd
and 3rd
place in the team competition will be awarded with cups
(prizes) and diplomas, while the participants and the coaches of the teams will receive medals.
The participants from the teams ranked at the 1st
, 2nd
and 3rd
place in the individual competition
in the disciplines: firefighters’ ladder, 100-meter track, the one-on-one competition, deployment and
firefighter’s relay will be awarded with medals, diplomas and gifts (prizes).
9. Accommodation
The costs for the organization and conducting of the competition shall be covered by the
organizers.
The costs related to the traveling of the sports delegations to and from the venue of the
competition, as well as those for catering and accommodation, medical and accident insurance shall be
covered by the sending organizations. The accommodation and catering price is 25 USD a day per
person.
10. Applications
The applications for participation in the competitions, the dates of arrival (departure), the type
of transport and the members of the delegations should be sent no later than 31 July 2014 to the
following address:
“Firefighting Applied Sports Club – Varna” 9000 Varna,
159 Slivnitsa blvd., Tel. +359 52 553 703, +359 894 651 415 – Stoyan Stoyanov
e-mail: spetkovstoyanov@gmail.com , 359 878 466 443 – Varban Petkov,
e-mail: sk.pps.varna@gmail.com .
The participation fee should be paid into a bank account (to be additionally specified), no later
than 29 August 2014. As an exception and upon agreeing that with the organizers, the fee may be paid
on the day of the arrival of the teams.
The individually named (final) applications for participation in the competitions, as well as 2
national flags (1,5×2,0 m) and a CD with a recording of the national anthem (in a МР3 format) shall be
provided to the Chief Referee Committee on the day of the technical conference.
From the organizers of the competition
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