Clayton Louis, 17, was one of the youngest volunteer fire fighters on the fire ground, when he downed his text books on Monday to put on his yellows.

But he wasn’t the only Medowie Christian School student firmly behind his community.

From the safety of their classrooms primary students put together 50 food packs to help sustain firefighters.

“I was out the whole day, from 8am until 10pm, it wouldn’t normally be that long but we were the local crew and we were capable,” Clayton said.

“That goodie bag is what you’re waiting for on a day like that, you need the sugar, and it usually has lollies, chips and fruit juice, it keeps you going.

“It’s amazing what [the primary students] did.”

Clayton joined the Salt Ash Rural Fire Service brigade after the Heatherbrae fires with his dad, David.

In the Lone Pine event Clayton helped prepare homes at the Medowie State Forest for the fire to come through.

Gutters on roofs were cleared and gas cylinders were packed away safe.

Clayton thought last year’s Heatherbrae fire was big enough but this event surprised him.

“I was amazed at the resources we had for this fire,” he said.

“Not only did we have the helicopters but the DC10 which could drop 44,000 litres of fire retardant at a time.”

He summed up his motivation quite simply.

“I don’t like sitting back looking at a big plume of smoke it just doesn’t sit well with me,” he said.

“People could be in trouble and I want to help.”

Medowie Christian School’s head of primary Sue Davis said the care packs, which included lip balm, came together quickly.

“One of our office workers Laura Gill came up with the idea and called Woolworths and Coles at Medowie for help,” Mrs Davis said.

“The stage three students not only assemble the packs they also wrote a little note of encouragement and gratitude.

“It included a prayer to keep them safe.”

The packs were delivered to the Medowie RFS shed for the crews to take out on their next shift.

“We had a phone call from one of the ladies at the control centre, it was so beautiful, she was in tears,” Mrs Davis said.

The Lone Pine fire burnt out more than 9000 hectares but through the efforts of fire fighters losses only amounted to a few sheds.