 They're the firefighters of the future and today school children from around the state got some hands-on experience. Schools from Rushworth, Cobram, Mansfield and Uroa visited the CFA Training Centre at Wangaratta to learn how to cope with emergency situations. The students had been learning about firefighting methods from the safety of the classroom but this morning it was time to ditch the books. They come out here now after learning all their practical skills back with their brigades and inside their schools and they're going to different incidents so one of them is a lightning strike, another one is a motor vehicle accident. The course is funded by the Victorian Government's Advanced Programme which gives students the opportunity to learn from leaders in local community. All the things that our firefighters would do on a day-to-day basis, these students from around around the area have come in here to just enhance their skills. Students were keen to share what they had learned. They got the fire from the spreadings like ray-coing and putting out gas cylinders that have exploded and car rescue and stuff like that. What's been the scariest part of the day so far? I'd have to say the two-line gas pack. And the exercises could even provide a few new recruits. They may decide later into the future that they want to become a volunteer and join the CFA. Kieran Jones, Wynn News.