Operations manager Mark Murphy was named RFS Officer of the Year at the weekend's Rotary NSW Emergency Services Community Awards.

In keeping with Rotary's motto of 'service above self', the awards recognise and acknowledge the selfless community service of NSW emergency services personnel while supporting an important Australian Rotary Health initiative -PhD research scholarship into post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in emergency services personnel.

Saturday night's awards presentation dinner on July 23 in Darling Harbour was an opportunity for Rotary, emergency services and the people of NSW to celebrate the outstanding community service of personnel across the state.

Mr Murphy is based in Willow Tree and was rewarded for putting "120 percent" effort into his tasks, working himself to exhaustion.

He assists with the annual Region North Exercise run by the Rural Fire Service and does plenty of training and mentoring with air attack supervisors and others involved in aerial firefighting.

During major incidents he personally accommodates pilots he flies with as air attack supervisors.

As well as this, he offers advice and staff to members of the service when they go through hard times, and works with the Black Dog Institute.

Mr Murphy also works with school cadets.