Tribute has been paid for the efforts of local community members and volunteers in the search and rescue of a fatal helicopter crash near One Tree on Friday.

Retired paramedic, Robert Marmont said locals rallied to render assistance after an official alert went out to all aircraft in the area.

“It was a local plane which located the site of the accident and it was local landholders and the Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue members who provided shade for the patient and emergency workers,” Mr Marmont told The Riverine Grazier.

“They stood for ages in the hot sun, holding a tarp over the site.”