 To become the captain of the brigade is an honour and a privilege. There's only been 12 other captains in the brigade prior to me, and I love the community that I live in. I love the people. It's just a good community spirit that resonates through the people that live here. Hi, my name's Michelle Crode. I've been with the Sorrento Fire Brigade for 26 years. I've always lived in Sorrento. I went to Sorrento Primary School down the end of the street. What I hope to achieve as captain is to try and help build our brigade and just to be a good, supportive member in our community. A way that we are trying to get some new members is by inviting some of the local groups up. So we had the Cub Scouts come up a little while ago and we got to show them all the trucks and all the equipment. And at the end, it was really great. We had the opportunity to talk to the parents and explain what we did. And they had a lot of questions, which was always encouraging. I work at a physiotherapist as a receptionist and some of the skills the CFA has taught me with good communication skills and first aid and being able to remain calm under pressure also helps well in my job. I do have a bit of flexibility in my job also to be able to attend calls. My boss is quite supportive of the role that I play in the community.