About 100 Tallangatta Valley residents attended an at times fiery meeting on Wednesday ahead of a predicted increase in fire activity on Friday.

Some were concerned authorities had used "scare tactics" to try to make them leave amid limited details of where the fire was travelling.

Bushfires have so far burnt away from the area.

Jane Merkel said Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning staff had attended homes and read a statement saying no help would be available in the event of a fire.

Landowners were asked for next of kin details for coronial purposes.

The meeting heard DELWP staff said everyone in the region was leaving, which was false.

Information on the exact nature of the bushfires - including which areas are burning and the direction of travel - was also raised as a concern.

"Putting an evacuation order in doesn't really let us know what's going on. Let us know what's going on," Ms Merkel said.

"Do we leave on Friday or do we stay?"

Ms Merkel said she felt the valley had been "a little bit neglected".

The fire is predicted to continue east and north east.

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CFA Commander Paul King said the Victorian and NSW fires would likely merge, "but perhaps in a less dramatic way than we had feared".

He said wind gusts up to 55km/h are forecast on Friday amid warmer temperatures.

"It will be a difficult day by any measure," Mr King said.

Attendees were told 26 or 27 houses are confirmed as lost in the North East and 34 sheds destroyed.

Towong mayor David Wortmann visited Tintaldra and Walwa on Sunday as part of a strike team.

"It's awful I can tell you," he said.

"The Tallangatta Valley here, everyone realises there is a lot of dry fuel here and the bush is that dry.

"It only takes a lightning strike or something and I just can't stress to you how fast the fires do move.

"If the conditions are right these fires are just so hard to bring up.

"So please, if you plan to stay, you must have a very good plan because these fires move so quickly."

Planned burns are being set up with fire breaks built from Walwa to Dartmouth.

They won't be lit until after Friday due to the weather conditions.

Some controlled burns have been undertaken, including at Berringama.

About 65 NSW firefighters have been strengthening containment lines at the Green Valley Talmalmo fire.

The incident is not yet contained and the bushfire is still burning.

Tallangatta Valley man John Ried has had "sprinklers going 24 hours a day for three weeks" to protect his home.

While he feels apprehensive, he is also confident his house will be safe.

Michael McCormack said those in the area had had the best part of a week to prepare, but said if power was cut, many would be unable to use electric water pumps.

"If all of a sudden that goes off, we're in a lot more strife," he said.

Emergency relief centres at Corryong, Tallangatta and Wodonga have been scaled back in recent days.

Evacuees are no longer staying at the sites which are now running during daylight hours, and have found alternative accommodation, including at Latchford Barracks.