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/Brandonrebeleight 1d ago

These crews are very well known and have great reputations of not only being kind, but extremely hard workers. It’s a disgrace the IC didn’t tell the agents to fuck off due to lack of red cards. This is inhumane and fuck whoever on that IMT colluded with them.

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u/Firemakebuttholsting 1d ago

In r/wildfire they name the IMT as California Interagency team 7 and IC Tom Clemo, and state this IMT will never have your back. They will always do and say whatever they have to protect their own asses.

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u/TeaCrusher 1d ago

This information is public facing, and was pulled from the Incident Action Plans for the bear gulch fire on 08272025.