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/MolecularGenetics001 FF Paramedic PNW 1d ago

Yeah that’d be a no, I hope that the crew boss and IC fought heavily against this. Such a waste of our tax payer dollars.

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u/503bourbonboy Career FF/EMT 1d ago

Crew boss, yes. IC, no.