A firefighter who told Scott Morrison 'to get f***ed' while battling a blaze during the bushfire crisis has claimed he was sacked because of the comment.

News South Wales Rural Fire Service volunteer Paul Parker's rant went viral after his foul-mouthed criticism of the prime minister in front of TV cameras in Nelligen on the state's South Coast in early January.

An online campaign to save his job amassed thousands of signatures after reports emerged Mr Parker faced being stood down by the RFS.

However, the service denied he'd been sacked saying:

But the RFS denied he'd been sacked saying: 'We can confirm Paul remains a member of the NSW RFS and has not been dismissed'.

Asked about the issue, Mr Morrison said he was pleased Mr Parker wasn't sacked.

'There should never be any question about whether he should have been fired or not, of course, he shouldn't,' Mr Morrison said on Monday.

'I understand Paul was feeling incredibly exhausted, and incredibly drained by those events and he was working his tail off defending his community.'

News South Wales Rural Fire Service volunteer Paul Parker's rant went viral after his foul-mouthed criticism of the prime minister in front of TV cameras in early January

On Sunday Mr Parker (pictured left with his wife) claimed he had been told by a brigade chief with the state's rural firefighting service his career was over because of his comments to the TV camera. However, the RFS said he hadn't been sacked and would retain his position.

The NSW RFS confirmed at the time the firefighter had been asked to stand down from his duties, but denied it was related to his comments.

But on Sunday Mr Parker said he had been told by a brigade chief with the state's rural firefighting service he was 'finished' because of his verbal tirade.

'There were comments with gestures and arm movements saying that I'm finished - (that) it's all over,' he said on The Project.

'Another captain from another brigade within Batemans Bay come out and I asked him ''what's going on?''

'He said ''you're finished because of your allegations and foul language against the prime minister of the country while representing the RFS''.

'I didn't know you could get sacked from a volunteer organisation but apparently you can.'

Mr Parker also explained the reasoning behind his televised outburst, saying it was a response to Mr Morrison's earlier comment that rural firefighters should not be paid.

The Rural Fire Service said Mr Parker was tasked to take time off volunteer work because of exhaustion (pictured lying down on ground exhausted following rant) and the firefighter was never facing sack, but he claimed he was told he was finished

Daily Mail Australia has contacted the RFS for comment.

Since taking time off from the RFS following the fiery outburst to camera, Australians have donated hundreds of dollars to his bar tab at his local pub in the small village west of Batemans Bay.

Publican Joel Alvey told Daily Mail Australia: 'Everyone has been a great support by donating money for Paul.'

Donors have left money to shout Mr Parker a schooner, while some cash has been given directly to the hotel.

Mr Alvey said there was about $500 donated by Thursday and an additional $200 had been given on Friday morning following heightened media attention.

The publican, who was an RFS member for the past 20 years, said Mr Parker visits the hotel 'quite regularly'.

Mr Alvey thinks Australians were keen to throw their support behind the firefighter because he 'said the words everyone was thinking at that time'.

'That's Paul, he says what he thinks,' Mr Alvey explained.

'We already had a couple of weeks of fire and that was the breaking point. Everyone who was in that truck was feeling the same way.'