Seven Forestry Corporation staff members are deploying to Western Australia as part of a contingency of NSW fire specialists.

Western Australian fire authorities have issued an interstate call for assistance to boost firefighter ranks working to contain fires near Manjimup in the state’s south-west.

Senior Manager Fire and Natural Hazards Rebel Talbert said Forestry Corporation staff will deploy as part of a NSW contingency comprising fire specialists from the NSW Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW, State Emergency Service and National Parks and Wildlife Service.

“Our firefighters regularly assist interstate and overseas firefighting authorities on the fire lines and in fire control rooms,” Ms Talbert said.

“Deployments are great learning experiences for fire specialists as they work across different landscapes and forest types, and this experience boosts our own firefighting knowledge base here in NSW,” she said.

Forestry Corporation staff deploying to Western Australia include Brody Caddis and Sophie Hinchcliffe from Bombala.

Jim Potter from Narooma and Noel Bate from Batemans Bay.

Experienced fire specialists Peter Carstairs from Batemans Bay and Euan Scott from Bathurst will assist in the Incident Management Team.

Fire Training and Operations Officer Adrien Thompson from Coffs Harbour will also deploy as a Jurisdiction Liaison Officer.

The deploying firefighters will fly out for Perth today.

Forestry Corporation, the land manager of two million hectares of state forests in NSW, is one of the state’s four fire agencies and has 500 accredited firefighters on staff.