Dunns Road fire fighters prepare for hot, windy weather and extreme conditions

The Bureau of Meteorology are forecasting hot, windy conditions with a top of 43 degrees across the region on Friday and winds worsening as the day progresses.

Winds are forecast to blow east to northeasterly at 20 to 30 km/h tending northwesterly at 25 to 35 km/h in the middle of the day then shifting west to southwesterly at 40 to 60 km/h in the evening.

Riverina Zone RFS operational officer Bradley Stewart said fire conditions would be elevated as a result.

"We are anticipating that it will be a range of very high to possibly severe conditions," he said.

"We will see increased fire activity across the landscape.

"Therefore there is obviously a large amount of active fire activity especially to the east of Blowering Dam which is not contained."

Mr Stewart said they were expecting further fire extension in those areas, but had resources available to stop them spreading as best they can.

"We do have available to us 12 aircraft resources, 148 fire units, 324 plus firefighters and we also have available to us well over 100 pieces of heavy plant machinery," he said.

"The main priority will be developing and consolidating containment lines and where need be putting in what we call asset protection breaks around homes and rural infrastructure where we may potentially see pressure being placed on those assets in the coming days."

At this stage, Mr Stewart said there were no evacuations in place for the region.

"The entire community does need to stay up to date and informed though, especially with the threat of additional ignitions occurring because they are what catch people off guard," he said.

State member for Albury Justin Clancy attended a community meeting held in Tumbarumba on Thursday where the community were briefed on the ongoing situation and reminded of the help available to them in times of tragedy.

"It was said at the meeting that this is still an active fire situation and we must ensure the safety of the community over the next few days in particular," he said.

"But it was also an opportunity to relay the important conversation around mental health and making sure the community are reaching out to one another and taking care of each other."

Mr Clancy said representatives of NSW Police, Local Land Services, Australian Defence Force as well as the local priest were in attendance.

"The community was reminded that everyone deals with grief differently and that it does take time to heal from these tragic events but people are here to help," he said.