r/Firefighting • u/AngronOfTheTwelfth • 2d ago

General Discussion Border Patrol agents arrested firefighters fighting Washington wildfire after they asked the fire crew to line up to check their IDs.

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What do we all think of this? Seems pretty nuts to me. They are actively getting in the way of wildlands guys as they do their job out there. I dont think this should be allowed or encouraged. Firefighting is a lot more important than .... risking 20 guys dressed exactly like firefighters crossing the Canadian border?

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u/LunarMoon2001 2d ago

Fuck the IAFF for being cowards.

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u/Typical-Efficiency31 2d ago

Why would the iaff look out for people who aren’t in the union?

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u/paddy_wagoneer 2d ago

Also how was the IAFF supposed to know about it and stop it? lol

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u/jimbobgeo 1d ago

Sounds like they should all follow suit and join...

https://www.iaff.org/news/wildland-fire-fighters-local-i-96-joins-iaff/

These guys did.