 Let me tell you about Tanka 2 Jack and Tanka 1 Matilda. They have become part of my life, just like my three daughters, family, friends and CFA. I'm an operational woman. My adrenaline pumps, I'm focused. Part of the team, we strike hard, we connect, we save, we help, we do and we build. My uniform defines me. I am passionate to the core and I do it for the murder community. What rings my bell? The memory of my grandfather, captain for many years at the Castleman CFA Fibregate. CFA is in my blood. I'm very proud of my family history and its association with the CFA. Being an operational woman, I'm a great believer of training. Training gives me the confidence to go and get the job done. No matter the adversary I face. It's summer. The fire season is here. Fire danger rating signs are updated every evening. It's a total fire band day in January this year. Down to the station I head. I ring work. I won't be in today. Lucky they understand. Crews are assigned to the trucks. I'm listening to the radio and watching the sky. There's a fire in our patch. Gear up, I hear. Sound of pages and bars going off. We're on our way. We leave the station. Code one, lights and sirens. I can see smoke on the horizon. What will I face? 15 minute drive that seemed to only take two minutes. I spot the grass fire in the paddock on our left. We find a way in. A large running grass fire backing onto residential properties. Hoses out, pumps are on, I commence the attack. Thick, strong smoke. It's hard to see but the flames burst through. I'm on the front line. It's hot. Flames are getting closer and closer. Time to move and change direction of our attack. Working hard, attacking the flames. Winds seem to be blowing from every direction. At times I can't see. I just pray I'm hitting the flames. Backwards and forwards we seem to have been working at it for hours. The truck pulls up and we do a reconnaissance of the paddock. There's lots of burnt grass. It's all black. We stop the fire getting into this state at the back of the paddock. We get off the truck to have a drink. Another call comes up over the radio. It's back up on the truck and time to go to the next fire spot. 10 hours later we're pulling back into the Murn De Fire Station. Tired, dirty but safe and sound. My CFA family are there to greet me. He makes my life, my work and what I do at the CFA all worthwhile. My name is Leanne Keenan. I'm a mother and I'm a pretty firefighter. I have a family of five. Three daughters, Jack and Matilda. I'm a CFA volunteer. Come and join the ride with me.