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.
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/j-mf-r 1d ago
Hard not to comment on this specific issue without including politics in it. Although this isn’t the first fire that border agents have swept. Good luck filling hand crew requests this season