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/Radicalbrahhh 1d ago

You can Google it and find some. Sounds like they weren’t city/county/state/or federal. “Over three hours, federal agents demanded identification from the members of two private contractor crews.”

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u/snrub742 1d ago

Even if that is the case, surely it can fucking wait?

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u/Worldwar30008 1d ago

Reading the article it was BLM cancelled the contract with the private company following a criminal investigation. They asked federal law enforcement to remove them. Federal leo ID them and found 2 of them were illegally in the country with prior rulings not allowing them back in. Seems pretty fine. They weren’t contracted anymore due to criminal acts and they were removed resulting in 2 of them getting additional charges.

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u/ro536ud 1d ago

Why couldn’t they wait until after they got back to camp? If everything was above board, why did they force the firefighters not to take video? Why be someday if you know it’s above board ? These are the things that piss everyone off. Also the fact that these people are fighting fires for us instead of raping kids on an island somewhere

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u/Worldwar30008 23h ago

I’d guess it becomes a liability if you have a group of people who no longer have a contract out in the wilderness fighting fire also again the contract was terminated for criminal reasons so it was probably a bigger deal

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u/ro536ud 20h ago

It sounds like the contract was only canceled because they suspected there were some illegals on the crew. Which is something that wasn’t be an issue for most of us. If someone is willing to do that job then okay you can stay

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u/Worldwar30008 19h ago

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service requested assistance from Border Patrol on Aug. 27 after contracts with Table Rock Forestry Inc. and ASI Arden Solutions Inc. were ended following a BLM criminal investigation.

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u/ro536ud 15h ago

And why were they canceled? What was the crime? It was hiring illegal immogrants to fight fires. Which of you polled the public I’m sure we’d all say that’s fine with me dawg.

Who do you think has been doing a bunch of the shit pay and dangerous jobs? Immigrants dog. Idk why you’re in favor of weakening our ability to fight wildfires

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u/Worldwar30008 15h ago

Show me where that was the reason. Also 2 members of that entire crew were illegally not the rest. You’re acting like a significant portion of the force is made up of illegals.

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u/thriftwisepoundshy 8h ago

Most of us? Okay bud Also I know plenty of people that wish they could get on a crew, but can’t get a position. These guys are taking federally contracted jobs from citizens.

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u/chaoss402 4h ago

While it doesn't have details on the criminal conduct, the contract was cancelled, so they were no longer fighting fires, due to some criminal acts. May or may not have been the immigrants committing the criminal acts, and likely no one was raping anyone, but it sounds like this was handled in a very reasonable fashion.