Just days after Black Saturday, the Scoresby CFA team helped an Upper Ferntree Gully CFA crew battle a blaze near Lysterfield Park.

February 23, 2009, was a day that wasn't particularly hot, nor were the wind changes out of the ordinary, leading firefighter Glen Bosua recalls.

"It wasn't the wind change, but we started to get some spotting coming up.

"The fire was dropping between where the guys were and the truck.

"There was a spot here and there, and it was controllable."

Ten minutes later, the spotting had increased.

"I walked back to the truck to see how the guys were going, but I could feel the wind going across my face.

"I gave it five or 10 seconds, and in that time, we got a lot more spotting."

The call was made that the crew just couldn't hold it any longer.

"The boys made their best efforts to keep it under control, but it was just getting too great."

Simon McClure, who drove the truck to safety, said that despite the smoke, conditions weren't too bad.

"We could see the clearing and we weren't going too fast."

Firefighters Stuart Bluck, Wayne Harrison and Sean Lane were at the back of the truck as it escaped the fire.

All three suffered burns due to radiant heat.

"We all felt the heat, but there was no panic," Mr Harrison said.

"The sense of being burnt didn't come till afterwards."

Mr Harrison said firefighters lost their perception of time and he went into "survival mode".

Mr Lane he had trouble breathing.

"There was no oxygen. You couldn't breathe because it was so hot," he said.

Mr Harrison had fought major fires in Gippsland and Churchill during his CFA career. He said it hadn't prepared him for what he faced last year.

"I had a moment when I thought I could have done more. Even now, I want to put more into the brigade than I got out of it. Hopefully I will."

The Scoresby CFA truck was left severely damaged. The Upper Ferntree Gully crew members escaped the blaze but lost their truck.

The crew members' commitment to the CFA remains unchanged.

Mr Bosua heaps praise on his fellow Scoresby CFA members for their work that day.

"I think it was just psychologically processing how we were going to get out that kept my mind occupied.

"The guys were faultless."