Despite the ongoing drought and farmers doing it tough, the crew predominately made up of farming community members, are ready to pull on their overalls and get on the front line of the Gospers Mountain blaze.

The blaze, which has burnt 344,406 hectares, is the biggest fire Lithgow has ever seen and is making its way across the Newnes Plateau.

The Tarana crew has managed to spend 10 days on the fire ground and according to captain Aidan Keough, have planned day and night shifts for the next few weeks.

"It's been a challenge with the drought, feeding and shearing because we haven't been able to give as much time as we'd like to.

"But now things have sort of settled down with shearing done, we've got a roster worked out," he said.

He said even though the community was doing it tough with the drought and the fire wasn't on the brigade border, everyone was still keen to help.

"We're still absolutely going to help out where we can.

"This is a broad community challenge that we're all faced with and everyone is working together," he said.

Mr Keough said most volunteers were use to juggling work and the RFS but not for long periods.

"We've never had to do it for this long and the way it's looking we're going to be doing it for the rest of summer, the only thing that could change the situation is rain.

"We're hopeful but it's not looking good," he said.

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The Tarana Farmers Christmas Market will be on Sunday, December 15 from 9am-1pm with all funds raised on the day to go towards the brigade to help purchase new equipment.

"We have equipment but having the funds allows us to get more and make our brigade more efficient.

"We're going to try and get fridges on trucks so cold water is always available, better breathing masks for fire fighters and a pressure washer to help with truck cleaning," Mr Keough said.

He said people had been getting behind the brigade not only with financial support but community support.

"The recent hay truck fire at Sodwalls saw 20 members from the Sodwalls community rock up at our shed to help clean trucks and replenish food supplies.

"As funny as it sounds the awful fires bring the community together and make us stronger," he said.

Mr Keough also works at Lifeline and wanted to remind people to look after their social and emotional well-being during tough times.

"It's okay to say you're doing it tough."

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