r/Firefighting • u/zeroUSA firefighter/paramedic • Jun 29 '25

News Multiple firefighters reportedly shot responding a wildland fire in Northern Idaho

https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/p/multiple-firefighters-reportedly

Multiple firefighters have reportedly been shot during a shooting incident on Canfield in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Witnesses on social media claim that law enforcement officers may also have been shot and describe the situation as an active shooter event with additional victims. However, authorities have not yet confirmed these reports.

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u/Excellent_Chair_4391 Jun 29 '25

Idaho is a strange place

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u/Zenmachine83 Jun 29 '25

Beautiful state full of absolutely weird AF people, especially that far north. I worked in the area where this occurred for a couple years and couldn’t wait to get out there. Backwards, racist and paranoid is not a good combination.

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u/the-meat-wagon Jun 30 '25

The only place I, a 6’5” lumberjack-lookin white dude, ever had a complete stranger walk up to me and sneer, “Whyn’t you get a haircut, f****t?”