Four members of the Southern Highlands Rural Fire Service team are currently over in the United States to help American firefighters with the many wildfires which have broken out across the country.

Stephen Quinlan, Allan Budziarski, Dane McAndrew and Anthony Duffy are now two weeks into a six-week rotation in the U.S.

RFS community safety officer Inspector David Stimson said the four men had been extremely keen to make the trip.

“Their attitude was always to get over there as quickly as possible and help out,” he said.

“They’re keen to enjoy the experience and help where it’s needed.”

Inspector Stimson said they had faced “pretty rough country” which was unfamiliar to them.

Another challenge was the physical work involved which Inspector Stimson said they were probably not used to, which included carrying heavy packs.

He said their roster was 14 days on and two days off which did not give them much time off.

“Everything’s going well with the Americans. I think the Americans are very happy with the support and assistance.”

Mr Quinlan, who has assisted at the Miles Fire in Oregon has shared his experiences on the Miles Fire Information Facebook page.

He has been working on there as a task force leader, looking after three hand crews of 20 people with two engines, two water tenders and two tree fellers.

His role there has been to look after their safety and make sure they have what is needed to carry out their job.

Mr Quinlan said it had been a great experience and he had been warmly welcomed by the American firefighters.

“They’re a fantastic bunch of people to work with. Every day you learn,” he said.

Mr Quinlan said they worked long hours, often 14 hours days but they were “used to that back home”.

Nearly 140 firefighters from Australia and New Zealand have joined forces with thousands of American firefighters to try and control close to 100 major active blazes across the country.  Inspector Stimson said he was unsure at this point whether more support would be needed for the fires at a later stage.