Earlier this week it was reported that as water becomes more scarce a new fire strategy would be implemented in Warren.

It said FRNSW crews would use water on building fires sparingly, based on the extent of the fire or if the building was occupied.

Yet captain Avard is assuring in Nyngan residents measures are already in place with the council, contractors and the Rural Fire Service to ensure water is at their disposal to fight building and bush fires.

He said people should not be worried that blazes would not be fought because of water conservation methods.

"We'll put a fire out, don't worry about that," Cpt Avard said.

"We have a lot of water strategies currently in place with the council, local contractors and the RFS in the case of major events.

"It's our priority to save lives and property."

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Fire and Rescue NSW Commander Gary Barber said it's very much "business as usual" for towns such as Nyngan.

"We're very conscious of not using the water, but no one should be worried at all that we're going to stand around and watch a house burn, because we don't want to use water, that's just not a thing," he said.

Commander Barber said firefighters don't necessarily have to use hoses and water to put out fires.

"Firefighters understand there is a drought and a water shortage, but people can rest assured we have ways and means that allow us to put out fires using very little water," he said.

"For example, we do work with the Rural Fire Service to fight bush fires, and we often use very old school ways of getting them under control.

"We still put them out, we used to use water to spray them and make sure they were completely blackened out, so there were no sparks, now we put out the perimeter of a bush fire and then we use more labour intensive methods for the rest.

"So instead of putting them out in an hour, we might have crews there for six hours, but once again we will use less water."