I guess "watching the fire spread" is not the same as "putting the fire out."
Reminds me of the Canadian judge who said "access to a waiting list is not the same as access to health care."
As I said, it wouldn't have mattered. The winds whipped up so fast that day, there's no way they could have responded to it quick enough even if they had water tankers on the ground close by. The real failure was the call to start the burn with the forecasted winds being a known factor by everyone except the Forest Service personnel in charge of the prescribed burn (Ultimately the Forest Supervisor's responsibility).