GENERAL
RULES
1.
A meeting of all Team Captains, Judges and Members of the Southeastern Muster
Association shall be held no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of
competition. The purpose of such a
meeting shall be to make sure everyone involved understands the rules, to make
any special arrangements and to hold the drawing for team positions.
2.
All team members must be an active member in a fire department or fire
association.
3.
Prior to the start of each event, only competing team members and the
Judges shall be allowed on the competition field.
A two (2) second penalty shall be assessed for each infraction.
Other team members may help set-up or break down an event.
4.
The Team Captain shall be the only team member authorized to make a
protest to the Event Judge. The protest must be in writing on the form obtained
from the announcer or a Head judge of the Southeastern Muster Association.
5.
Prior to the start of each event, it shall be the responsibility of the
Team Captain to check and ascertain that all equipment is ready and prepared for
the event. In case of
uncontrollable equipment malfunctions (breakage or failure), not due to team
error, a restart will be granted without penalty.
6.
All protective gear worn must have no modifications. Liner must be
intact. All protective gear must be
approved by the judges.
7.
No equipment shall be broken down until the Event Judge gives the signal
to do so. Any infraction of this
rule shall result in a two (2) second penalty for each infraction.
8.
All nozzles and appliances must be placed on the ground, not thrown or
intentionally dropped, any infraction of this rule will result in a two (2)
second penalty for each infraction. Keep
contact until it hits the ground.
9.
A false start shall result in a two (2) second penalty being assessed and
the event shall continue. A false
start shall be defined as any starting before the signal is given by the Judge.
10.
All events will have three (3) judges and the time will be the average of
two (2) watches, the third watch will be a back-up.
11. In case of a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place tie in any event, those teams tied shall compete in the event again. In case of an overall tie the team's times from the 5 events will be added together with the lowest time winning. If there is an event in which the team receives no time, the slowest time recorded that day for that event will be doubled and used for the time.
12.
Any unsportsmanship like conduct from any team member shall result in a
ten (10) second penalty being assessed to that team at the discretion of the
Judges. A second infraction at the same event will result in the deduction of
100 points from the team’s final Best 7 scores. A third infraction will result
in the team being disallowed from participating in any GFMA sanctioned muster
for the remainder of the year.
13.
The scores will be kept, recorded, and the points will be awarded in the
following manner: in each event, One (1) point will be awarded for each team in
the competition, i.e., if there are fifteen (15) teams, 1st place will receive
fifteen (15) points and last place will receive one (1) point. The overall winner will be the team with the highest total
points from all events.
14.
The engine supplying the hose for the competition must use either the
booster tank or a dump tank. Hydrant
pressure will NOT be used.
15.
Penalties not otherwise specified will be two (2) seconds.
16.
The targets (cones) will be placed on blocks or rolled sections of hose.
17.
1-3/4” hose may be used instead of 1-1/2” hose. Smooth bore nozzles
may be substituted for combination nozzles. Substitutions can only be made by
the Head Judge. Any substitutions will apply to all teams.
18.
The outlets on gated wyes that are not used must be capped.
19.
All events will count towards total points.
20.
No points for overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
place will count towards overall points.
21.
If the Top Gun event is held, it must be held at the same time
as the team events.
22.
All events shall come from the event
list of the Southeastern Muster Association. A
host may have a mystery muster in which all events come from the SFMA rule book
but are not disclosed until the start of the muster.
23.
There shall be five (5) team events not including the Rapid Dress
event if host team has this event. A
limit of three (3) members from each team for Rapid Dress.
24.
The SFMA shall count the team’s best five (5) point totals from all
sanctioned musters that will count for Championship.
25.
There shall be a $25.00 a year charge per team to be a member of the
Georgia Firefighters Muster Association.
26.
Each host department shall pay a fee of $10.00 per team entered to the
association for the use of judges and equipment.
These charges will go towards the buying of trophies for 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place teams, and the expenses of the
association.
27.
Super Bowl - this will be held at the last muster of the year. To
qualify, you must place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at any
other sanctioned muster. All teams
may still compete at the muster. This
muster still counts for points.
28.
The only Judges are those on the approved SFMA Judges list. Timekeepers
are assistants that aid the Judges in keeping the times for the events. There
will be times when there are not any Judges at a Muster
and Timekeepers will do all the timekeeping but not the protests.
29.
Protest: All protests are determined by the Judges. If there are no
Judges present at the Muster then the protest will be brought to the Board
Members that are present. If there are no Board Members present then the team
Captains will get together to render a decision. Timekeepers have no decision in
a protest.
This
is a NON-PROFIT organization.
The
overall points system works as follows:
100
points for each 1st place finish, 99 points for each 2nd
place finish, 98 points for each 3rd place finish and so on (this is
for State totals only). There will
be a bonus point given for the breaking of a record to each team breaking
the current record. The first time an event is run the winning time will be the
record and that team will receive 1 bonus point. Points are only
awarded to teams that are members of the SFMA.
Once a
date is set for your Muster and filed with the association, the date cannot be
changed. If you need to cancel the
muster, you must notify the Association and all teams at least thirty (30) days
in advance.
The
following persons can be contacted for information on dates and events:
Jack
Sorrells (770)
425-8425
Bill
Martin
(770) 924-8197