Andrew and Kerrie Stockwell were some of the 27 north-west State Emergency Service volunteers who supported crews in fires around the state.

The Stockwells - who are from the Bendigo Headquarters Support Unit - left for Tallangatta in the state's north-east on Saturday morning.

They spent the next four days working at the staging ground near the Corryong fire, which has already burnt 130,000 hectares of land and destroyed dozens of homes.

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Mr Stockwell said his group mostly ran supplies and led convoys to the affected farmers.

"The community itself was quite affected by the fires," he said. "In Tallangatta, the smoke was quite thick. The visibility was really low so you could only see 100 metres in front of you.

"So the community was dealing with that but also a lot of the residents were going to the relief centres."

It was the first time both mother and son had been sent to work in an emergency situation.

"We were quite often doing the same jobs together," Mr Stockwell said. "It was a good experience and it was nice to have a familiar face there with me."

Mr Stockwell said the communities around Tallangatta were really rallying around each other.

"When I went up there, I was not sure what to expect," he said. "But it was quite amazing to see everyone supporting everyone.

"What really struck me was also how appreciative they were. A lot of people were saying thank you and people were coming up to us and offering to buy us food and drinks.

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"We obviously declined it all but it was certainly nice to be appreciated even when they were going through their own struggles."

There were also a number of SES members from the Gisborne, Bendigo, Dunolly, Rochester, Kerang, Swan Hill, Castlemaine, and Rushworth units deployed around the state.

Like the Stockwells, many were sent to Tallangatta to help with the staging areas, relief centres, and traffic control and logistics.

Others were sent to Swan Reach in East Gippsland, where a number of fires are still burning.

Mr Stockwell said he expected more SES crews from the region to be sent to help emergency services in the fire zones.

"It seems like it's going to continue for quite a long time," he said. "Even once the response is over, there will be quite a long recovery period.

"It could take weeks, months, or potentially even years."

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