 Hi, I'm No Cole Eames and before I joined the CFA I was a physio working in public health down in Ballarat. I liked to play basketball pretty competitively growing up and like getting outdoors and doing hiking and that sort of thing. Before I joined the CFA I didn't really know anything about it and when I got into the role the more I found out about the organisation the more I liked it and wanted to be a part of it. The most rewarding thing about the recruit training has been meeting lots of new people and forming new friendships that have got stronger and stronger throughout the course. The toughest part about being a firefighter I think will be the emotional impact of dealing with incidents where people are injured or there's children involved, be a lot to deal with and I became a firefighter because I was looking for a job that was more challenging a bit more physical and outdoors as well as something that had a lot more variety and was unpredictable.