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/Serious_Cobbler9693 Retired FireFighter/Driver 2d ago

I'm not sure about wildland guys, but when I was a firefighter we didn't carry any ID on us or you take a chance of losing it in a burning building or when you are hanging upside down in a car that has flipped on the highway.

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u/neglected_regime 2d ago

Yeah isn’t your “ID” printed on the lower rear of your jacket for visual reasoning?

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u/Serious_Cobbler9693 Retired FireFighter/Driver 2d ago

Usually just last name unless we had two with the same last name and then a first initial was added. Not really an official id that the feds would acknowledge though.