IT was a case of one extreme to the other for Jimboomba firefighter Dean Waldron last week when he travelled to Mitchell to help with flood clean-up efforts.

Mr Waldron - an auxiliary firefighter with the Queensland Fire and Rescue Service Jimboomba station - travelled with three other firefighters from Boonah on Sunday, February 4, to assist.

Speaking from Mitchell last week, Mr Waldron said the crew’s main goal was to give the local firefighters a break so they could look after their own homes, friends and families.

“While we’ve been up here we’ve taken over their role, we’ve been found it’s been lots of hosing out houses and businesses that have been affected with the floods,” he said.

“It’s just the after shock in cleaning out houses. There’s a lot of stuff just on the side of the road and there’s mud everywhere.”

Mr Waldron said there was a lot of heartache as locals, some of whom were uninsured, worked to get back on their feet.

Half of the houses in Mitchell, east of Charleville, were affected by the major flood peak in the Maranoa River.

Mr Waldron said he was touched with how everybody was pitching in to give a helping a hand to their neighbours.

“It’s amazing how quick this community has pulled together,” he said.

“There’s people helping people they barely even know just because they need help.

“It’s nice to see people just helping someone else just because they need it. It’s kind of restoring a little bit of my faith in humanity really.”

Mr Waldron and the crew returned home on Saturday. Meanwhile, two teams of Logan SES travelled last week to the State’s flood-ravaged west.

Logan Mayor Pam Parker said the volunteers were sent to assist in the flood affected areas of Charleville and Roma.