CTIF Fire & Rescue News

29/04/2026

W dniach 15 - 16 kwietnia 2026 r. Centralne Muzeum Pożarnictwa gościło delegację przedstawicieli Komisji Historycznej CTIF oraz Biura Współpracy Międzynarodowej KG PSP.

▶️ Spotkanie miało związek z przygotowaniami do tegorocznego 29. Posiedzenia Komisji Historycznej oraz 33. Sympozjum Historycznego CTIF, które odbędzie się październiku
w Centralnym Muzeum Pożarnictwa.

▶️ Delegacje zapoznały się z obiektami muzealnymi, w których będą odbywać się główne wydarzenia sympozjum. W trakcie rozmów ustalono szczegóły oraz wymieniono doświadczenia w zakresie organizacji tego typu imprez.

Państwowa Straż Pożarna
CTIF Fire & Rescue News

28/04/2026

Some photos from the CTIF Forest Fire Commission meeting in Brussels!

23/04/2026

REGISTRATION OPEN: CTIF Associate Members Webinar May 12 - Strengthening Collaboration for 2026 and Beyond

CTIF is hosting a dedicated Associate Members Webinar designed to give current and prospective Associate Members a clear, practical understanding of how CTIF works — and how your organization can benefit from deeper engagement in our global network.

This 1.5–2 hour online session will walk you through CTIF’s structure, opportunities for participation, and the many ways Associate Members contribute to international fire and rescue development. The webinar is open to all current AMs as well as businesses / organizations interested in joining.

Follow the link to our website for the registration link! https://ctif.org/events/registration-open-ctif-associate-members-webinar-may-12-strengthening-collaboration-2026-and

In order to accommodate different time zone and needs, we are offering two seminar times on the same day:

Tuesday May 12: 13:00 CET
Tuesday May 12: 19:00 CET
(Via Zoom)

What You’ll Learn

How CTIF Works — from the Associate Member Perspective CTIF leadership will explain how commissions, working groups, and the broader CTIF structure operate, with a focus on how companies can meaningfully participate. A short introductory video and slides will support this segment.

The Benefits of CTIF Associate Membership From global visibility to participation in expert groups, you’ll hear how Associate Members gain value through collaboration, networking, and access to emerging industry insights.



How to Engage with CTIF — Right Now and in the Near Future We’ll outline concrete opportunities for involvement, including:

Participation at Interschutz
Joint video projects (e.g., lessons learned)
Contributions to the CTIF Magazine
Visibility initiatives such as spotlight features and case studies



Q&A Session Participants can submit questions in advance during registration or through Zoom’s Q&A.

How to Reach Us We’ll close with contact details, the Associate Member Welcome Package, and reminders about upcoming CTIF events.


Why Attend?

Associate Members are an essential part of CTIF’s international knowledge ecosystem. This webinar will help you:

Understand how to navigate commissions and working groups
Identify collaboration pathways that match your expertise
Increase your organisation’s visibility within the global fire and rescue community
Learn about new engagement initiatives such as innovation roundtables, onboarding guides, and spotlight features
Connect with CTIF leadership ahead of major 2026 events


Next Steps

We will soon announce the confirmed date and open registration. Invitations and reminders will follow. Commission representatives will also be contacted directly to coordinate their contributions.

If you’d like to submit questions in advance, you’ll be able to do so during registration.



Illustration Credit: Illustration executed by Chat GPT from a prompt by Bjorn Ulfsson, CTIF.

18/04/2026

Start of the CTIF Commission for Youth Firefighter Leaders meeting, Bern, Switzerland on Saturday April
18.

30 delegates from 17 countries are participating!

18/04/2026

Vallteri Tervala from Finland has been elected new chairman of the CTIF International Youth Leader Commission.

He starts as chairman of the commission on September 1, 2026.

17 countries and 30 delegates (17 with voting rights) participating in the meeting this weekend in Bern, Switzerland!

31/03/2026

31/03/2026

Two new CTIF Competitions chairs elected at CTIF Competition Commission meeting in Eisenstadt, Austria

On March 28, 2026, in Rust, a town near Eisenstadt, Austria, a regular meeting of the CTIF International Firefighting Competitions Commission was held, chaired by the chairman of the commission, Klaus-Georg Franke.

The meeting was attended by representatives from 11 CTIF member countries, and CTIF
was represented by CTIF Vice President Nedeljko Vukalović (Croatia). The host was Harald Josef Nakovich, Deputy Fire Chief of the Austrian federal state of Burgenland.


The meeting presented reports on the preparations for the firefighting, youth firefighting and firefighting sports competitions, which will be held this year in July and August in Eisenstadt (Austria), Šumperk (Czech Republic) and Ostrava (Czech Republic).


One of the agenda items proposed the leadership of the international firefighting competition in Eisenstadt, consisting of;


Hubert Silgoner (Italy), Nedeljko Vukalović (Croatia), Klaus-Georg Franke and Thomas Reuter (Germany), Andrej Grgović (Slovenia) and Eduard Kammerer and Ludwig Laut (Austria).
Harald Josef Nakovich, host representative and deputy fire chief of Burgenland, presented the preparations for the upcoming competition, the preparation of which is at an advanced stage.

In the second part of the meeting, new officials were proposed for management positions in the CTIF firefighting competition commission, based on the proposal of the national firefighting associations, and they were elected and will take up their duties on 1 August 2026.


Thomas Reuter (Germany) was elected as the head of the CTIF international firefighting competition commission, and Ludwig Laut (Austria) was elected as the head of the international firefighting competition.

After the meeting, all those present visited the fields in Eisenstadt where the training and competition of firefighters will be held, the schools where the accommodation for the participants of the competition will be, etc.


National teams from 17 countries have registered for the upcoming competition of firefighters in Eisenstadt, with around 1,500 competitors and around 3,000-5,000 fans are expected.


The next meeting of the CTIF Competition Commission will be held on September 25, 2026,
in the Bulgarian city of Burgas.

Nedeljko Vukalović

30/03/2026

Smith Valley Fire Chief Amy Beick says the moment highlights growing representation in the fire service and aims to inspire more women to join