 G'day, my name's Chris Tanner. Before I joined the CFA, I worked in tourism, running adventure travel camping safaris across Africa and South America. As such, a lot of my hobbies include being outside, hiking, camping, basically anything outside, a bit of gardening, bits and pieces. Before I joined the CFA, I knew a little bit about the organisation. I didn't know as much about it as what I do now. I knew it was very community-oriented, had a very big presence, had large membership and everything along those lines. One of the most rewarding things about being on recruit training has been really pushing myself, seeing how far I can get myself to go and the development of some new skills to add to the existing skills I had already. One of the toughest parts I think I believe about being a firefighter is some of the exposures that we'll have, the things that we'll get to see, particularly seeing potentially children in difficult situations. I joined the CFA to become a career firefighter because I wanted something where I could give back to the community, something that was going to be rewarding that involved working in a team environment and where I could use some of the various skills that I developed in my life before CFA to better myself and better the community.