THESE students have undergone the training needed so they can fight fire, when duty calls.

Thanks to a certificate two in Public Safety Firefighting Operations the 22 Year 11 and 12 students are now qualified to go out on real jobs after months of learning through scenarios.

16-year-old Hayden Lee said he wanted to be a part of a brigade the day firefighters visited his preschool class, and his own horrifying experience with a bushfire too close to home only cemented this passion.

"Five years ago I remember a pretty bad bush fire out near my house, I live out of town," he said.

"At the time I was in town, but my mum was at home and she rang me told me not to come home because it was getting too close to us.

"I wasn't sure I would have a home to go back to, back then there was nothing I could do. But now I can."

Bradley Steedman, 18 said he enrolled in the course to give back to the community.

But it quickly became a passion for the student.

"I'm from Tasmania, and a lot of Tasmania is rural area," he said.

"It's always been something that has interested me and being in this course has made me realised how much I love it.

"What gives me the biggest thrill is being in control of the protek nozzle, where the water shoots from."

Today the students completed a burn over drill, a last ditch safety measure in case a crew is trapped in front of a fire front.

Toolooa SHS teacher and trainer for the rural fire brigade Greg Hale took us through the drill.

"With the flammables moved off the truck away from the fire front and the truck hosed down, the crew then need to get into the cabin as low as possible," he said.

"The driver gets into place and calls a radio message with their location and lets them know the burn over is about to happen.

"A crew member fits along the floor of the cabin with their feet up against the driver's feet. The first aid kit goes under the truck pedals."

One student places fire blankets over the others, and lastly themselves. They then lie down as low as they can go.

The students spend three hours every week for up to six months alongside trainers, rural fire fighters and volunteers to learn everything they need to before facing the real thing.

"This is the first year Toolooa has implemented the program and it has been a big success, every student here will pass the course," Mr Hale said.

"The program helps them to really sink their teeth into something they are genuinely interested in doing, and in turn helps our brigades with recruitment and volunteers."

The Mount Maurice Fire Brigade allow the students to use their gear and trucks throughout the whole course.