r/Firefighting • u/AngronOfTheTwelfth • 3d 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/pineapplebegelri 3d ago

The guy was too dumb to work anywhere else, joined border patrol 

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u/AlphaSquared24 3d ago

Interesting argument for an agency that is extremely hard to get hired by with a lengthy hiring process.

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u/FeelingBlue69 3d ago

It cracks me up the lack of knowledge that people know about police. Look I love hating on cops as much as the next guy but I can't stand for straight up ignorance. Most police departments are shockingly hard to get into and Federal level police is even harder.

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u/No_Zucchini_2200 3d ago

Incredibly rigorous.

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u/FeelingBlue69 3d ago

You are case in point my example of the ignorance of most people. This is one test. You think this is the only time they run at the academy? Or the only thing that is required to join? You are just being disingenuous I hope.

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u/No_Zucchini_2200 1d ago

The ICE academy is all of 8 weeks. Just like the new to the FBI drop to 8 from 18.

Two months to become a sworn federal law enforcement officer. How much PT do you think they’re doing?

Fire Academy was 12 weeks and a lot of that was actual physical work. There’s not a lot of laws, rights, and constitution stuff to learn about.

The Marines and the army spend more than 20 weeks between basic training and infantry training to make an infanteer.