00:02These kids aren't playing dress-ups, they're joining forces with the Tasmania Fire Service
00:08tackling mock emergency scenarios in bushland above Hobart.
00:12Get out, do stuff that not normal people do, help people, get to interact a lot with people.
00:19The volunteer-run junior and cadet program gives children as young as 10 the chance to
00:25learn practical skills.
00:26So she's come off her bike, the helmet's there so that's linked me to believe she wasn't
00:31wearing it properly.
00:32The program designed to challenge and inspire collaboration and community.
00:36What was your favourite thing about today?
00:41Probably problem solving and working as a team.
00:45Every time a truck rolls out from the TFS it consists of a group of people and it's important
00:49that they can work together and that's the focus of days like today.
00:52Tasmania has around 4,000 volunteer brigade members ready to respond to emergencies, providing
00:59the bulk of the state's firefighting capabilities.
01:02Fewer Australians are taking up volunteering as time and money commitments change.
01:08This program aiming to boost recruitment.
01:11These volunteers will graduate once they hit 18, but many stick with the service well into
01:17adulthood, often following examples that came before them.
01:20It was something that both my parents were involved in and it's just a good experience.
01:26Prepping the next generation of firefighters.
01:28Prepping the next generation of firefighters.
01:34Prepping the next generation of firefighters.
01:34Prepping the last generation of firefighters.
01:34The firefighters with firefighters.
01:34I have a face that is a wheelchair in the workplace.
01:34You know.
01:35I have a living with firefighters.
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