World Police and Fire Games

World Police and Fire Games
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Status	Active
Genre	Various sporting events
Frequency	Biennial
Location(s)	Various
Inaugurated	1985 (1985)

The World Police and Fire Games (WPFG) is a biennial athletic event, open to active and retired law enforcement and fire service personnel throughout the world. The WPFG Federation is an arm of the California Police Athletic Federation (CPAF),^[1] an American non-profit organization.

The Games attract approximately 10,000 entrants, slightly fewer than the Summer Olympic Games, and exceeding the third position holder, the Commonwealth Games.^{[citation needed]} In the early 2010s, the United Kingdom hosted all three events consecutively; the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, followed by the 2013 World Police and Fire Games in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and ending with Glasgow, Scotland, hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games - the first time all three events have been hosted by the same nation consecutively.

The host city of the 2015 World Police and Fire Game was Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States, with venues located around the Washington metropolitan area.^[2]

In 2017, the Games were scheduled to be held in the city of Montreal, however, Montreal backed out of their hosting duties after a labour dispute between the city and its fire department. The Games were quickly rescheduled and successfully held in Los Angeles.

In 2019 the host city was Chengdu in China.

The WPFG 2021 were postponed until 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022 the host city was Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

The 2023 Games were hosted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada.