It has been nearly six years since Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) Upper Murray district manager Dave Jenson joined a massive effort to tackle fires raging throughout Victoria's north-east.

For him, the memories of the savage 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires and the huge clean-up afterwards remain.

"The team had to spend two to three years in that burnt environment repairing things, bringing things back [and] helping [the] community recover," he said.

"Repairing things, bringing things back, recovery, helping [the] community recover, so it's been years, not just a single event for us."

It is only now that he and other firefighters and staff are being recognised for their efforts.

Firefighters honoured

Mr Jenson was one of 170 current and former FFMVic firefighters and staff wh

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