My crew and I did burn up a truck at the St. James fire. But I did my job and now my crew is home tonight. I have read the comments. Were you there? No I was and I was the officer in charge. Most of the comments are what I like to call monday morning firefighting. The comments state that we are untrained, dumb and blind. The crew with me that day have around 90 years of service between use. One has 50 years, the other two have 30 plus and 12 plus years. For me I have over 20 years as a paid and volunteer firefighter. Plus bsl has trained there firefighter for forest firefighting. Some of you are asking should we have been in the fire? Yes to save the houses on the other side of 211 and the St. James sales office. A few of you have looked at the photos and are saying that we got it stuck. If you look closer you will see no tires on the front and the drive side rear. There are no logs under the truck also. The true story is the truck stalled and would not start. The pump would also not start. The fire over come the crew when the wind change. I have asked myself would I do the same thing as i did on Tuseday? YES I would to save your house. The monday morning firefighters should also be asking is why was there an open burn when the winds at 15 to 30 miles perhour.