Kevin and Rhonda Butler founded the volunteer-based organisation following the loss of part of their Kilmore East property to the Black Saturday bushfires in 2009.

"We had three kilometres of fencing to rebuild and when I started I found the ground was too hard so I put an ad in the local paper asking for volunteers to help," Mr Butler said.

"25 people came to help and the job was done in seven days instead of three months.

"Rhonda had the idea of helping our neighbours and I said I'd put in 14 days work but I've never stopped. Now we have a national organisation and over 30,000 volunteers, we've aided 5,500 properties and built 10,000 kilometres of brand new fencing."

Mr Butler began organising the volunteers while Mrs Butler ensured everyone was well-fed and looked after.

Today, the couple coordinated the organisation from their central Victorian farm and have sacrificed their own time in orchestrating BlazeAid volunteers to help communities across the country.

"We have 85 bases in every state except the Northern Territory and completed $300 million worth of work with the help of our grey nomad, families and students volunteers," Mr Butler said.

"We are a very-well oiled machine and what started out with just some wire has grown to now having 18 ready-to-go trailers in most states.

"So much work is done to put out the fires, but 99 per cent of the work is in rebuilding which takes a lot of people power.

"This has really been a tiger we grabbed by the tail which now we can't let go of."

BlazeAid volunteers returned to Cobden following their 2018 camp to help rebuild after the St Patrick's Day fires.

Bob Fenwick has been a volunteer with BlazeAid for 10 years and he and his wife Jeanette have been on both sides of the organisation's services after the Wambelong fires in New South Wales destroyed their Coonabarabran home in 2013.

"My husband went to Kilmore in 2009 after the fires to help," Mrs Fenwick said.

"When we lost our house to fire, helping out with the fencing was a kind of mental therapy for him.

"It was wonderful to have people help in our community just 10 days after the fire."

Since feeling the support of BlazeAid, Mrs Fenwick soon joined her husband in volunteering.

"I volunteered in 2017 at Dunedoo to help with the office work and we've since been invited onto the committee.

"Bob and I both grew up with families who were community minded and the amount of help we've received over the years from helping others has been incredible."

Camp coordinator Christine Male was thrilled the celebration was a success.

"It's been fabulous to have a gathering not for the reason of a disaster," she said.

"Volunteers are BlazeAid's most valuable part and they have to be looked after above anything else.

"We provide moral support, not just the physical and because we're not bound by the rule book, we come in with a softer approach and are available when people need to talk."

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