r/Firefighting • u/AngronOfTheTwelfth • 1d 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/I-plaey-geetar Probie 1d ago

“Sorry your house burned down. The guy who was putting water on it didn’t fill out the right paperwork with us so we just arrested him and watched it burn.”

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u/RedK_33 1d ago

“Or he did fill out the right paperwork and has been waiting 5 years for a decision but we decided to say fuck him anyway because we felt like it but we didn’t inform him about it until right now.”