The first team arrived back in town on Wednesday, after a gruelling five-day deployment to some of the most spectacular and untouched areas of scenery in the country.

Strike Team Leader Bruce Davies said one of the most incongruous feelings was stepping foot in a such a special place only to see fire blazing through it.

"Cradle Mountain in particular," Mr Davies said.

"It was World Heritage country, so it was quite special. We were fighting fires in country that you're not even allowed to walk on."

Tasked with looking after the NSW RAFT contingent in the north of the state near Launceston, Mr Davies said for three days he had between 27 and 35 people with him, being flown by helicopter to remote areas.

With more than 70 bushfires burning deep in the Tasmanian wilderness, Mr Davies' team was assigned to protect far-flung yet vitally important things like power stations and the heritage areas.

He said there was still plenty of firefighting to be done in Tasmania.

"Looking on the bright side, no doubt we've done some really great work that will save some of those areas," Mr Davies said.

"Unfortunately, you have to lose some to save some."

For David Lillis, Tasmania was his first deployment as part of the RAFT team.

"It was a good learning curve, good to see how other RAFT teams do things," he said.

Mr Lillis said while the days were long, usually between six to eight hours, the experience was rewarding.

"You were looking forward to a beer, but thanks to our fitness regime it wasn't too hard," he said.

Mr Davies said he suspected the fires would be burning for "quite some time".

"The scary thing is it is only the start of the bushfire season in Tasmania. Generally the fires start high in the country and work their way down, so to have that many fires at the start of the season is scary for them."

At the end of the day, Mr Davies said he was happy to be back in Queanbeyan."[My wife] she's quite supportive, but she will be glad to see me home, and I'll be glad to be home too."