 We are here at Lakewood Park Camp, which is in Painesville, for the second of our Cadets Training Weekends, which is targeted at our 16 and 17 year old senior members of CFA. What we are doing is we have brought them away for the weekend, so they can do training specifically targeted at their age group. So yesterday we went to West Sale VemTech, and they got to go on the pads, they were doing search and rescue, they got to do fire extinguisher work, they were looking at how to put out fires and burning cars, and they did some XVR as well, so that was trying to be incident controller at an incident, and working their way through that, but through a computer simulated program. And then today, here at the camp, we've been doing activities such as raft building, we've been trying to build teamwork through those kind of things, and we've also been seeing the trucks from the local Painesville Brigade. They've brought along their pumper and tanker, and let us see a bit of show and tell of what's going on there. And then we've also had the virtual reality team, so again, young people have got the opportunity to try their skills in a safe environment, through virtual reality to learn more skills of putting out fires and using extinguishers, using the aviation simulator to see what it's like flying a water bomber and being able to put out fire from the sky and support those on the ground. It's been a really great experience to see young people, young members from all around the state come together, make new friends, some of these friendships I think will go on for the rest of their lives, but skills that start them at this beginning part of their journey as CFA members and firefighters, skills that they can build on and they can take back to their brigade and put into action and show people everything that they've been learning. For me, it would have been the search and rescue activity that we did yesterday. We were placed in a pod with a bunch of containers that simulated a house and it was quite dark inside and it was also smoky, and we used thermal imaging cameras to detect bodies and dummies. I think at the end of the day yesterday at VemTech we got everyone on the gas pad and we lit up a gas tank and did a scenario of two lines from two tankers and it just, it was everyone from the camp doing it at once and coming together and building on their skills from the day and using them to help put out fire. This weekend we're doing the cadets camp for our 16 and 17 year old brigade members throughout the entirety of CFA. We're doing a lot of team building and learning a heap of firefighting skills. I've liked the rough building so far. It showed that we all needed good communication and good leadership to be able to make it work. A highlight for me would be yesterday we went to the VemTech training facility and we got to learn a lot about strategies of fighting fire. Most of it has been pretty good. I've enjoyed all of it but yesterday, Saturday at the VemTech training with all the different experiences and stuff was great. Before coming to this I've had no proper experience in the field. I learnt more about doing fire extinguishers. I got to put out real fires on the pads at VemTech. A highlight for me is getting to know some of the young people and seeing their enthusiasm and also their skill level. It's been really impressive and seeing them work together as teams as well has been great. The overall vibe has been very positive and uplifting. The sense of camaraderie I think and the enthusiasm really stands out for me. We went on the gas pad as well at VemTech and we had real fires going. We all had to roll out hoses as a team from the trucks and work together to put it out while rescuing other people from inside a car. Before coming here I wasn't really that excited about it. I didn't think too much of it and then going through the weekend and it's probably the best thing I've ever done with CFA. I was expecting to meet some more people from throughout CFA and build on my relationships with other brigades and use that to hopefully meet people like this on the fire ground in the future and use these skills also I've learned with these people. If you are the young ones coming through definitely 16, 17 year olds come along. You'll meet a heap of great people and you get to learn a lot of skills. I would highly recommend this camp to all other 16 and 17 year olds. It's a great way to start off the CFA volunteer career and great introduction to the firefighting pathway. I would definitely recommend this to other young people in the CFA so you get to learn a lot and try new things that you don't really do at your local station.