 I became a firefighter because I love working in a group and I love dynamic situations where there's a lot of pressure on you and you have to rise to the challenge. 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. I've never been one to want to work at nine to five jobs in an office so I saw this as a good opportunity to do a job where no two days were the same where I was outside still, still working with my hands, doing very practical like what I have been doing most of my life. The most rewarding part of the training has probably been the friendships and also pushing myself to a limit where I didn't know I could actually get and then getting through. I wanted to get the training and the knowledge to be able to get in there on the front line actually be helping people basically at first hand and having that knowledge and obviously the equipment and the experience I guess to help these people as quick and as easily and as best as I could. I wanted a job to do that I could be proud of. I tell my friends and family that I do a job that I love every day and I get up every day in the morning, go to a place that I really enjoy being. Just seeing all the different things that the CFA's involved in was a lot bigger than I ever imagined it was going to be and it's really exciting to think that no matter what decision or what I feel like I want to follow and chase that they'll be there to help me along and allow me to follow those dreams. 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.