CBP keeping the country safe!
Nov 14, 2007, 10:25 am
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CBP keeping the country safe!
Amazing: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14...uck/index.html
A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.
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Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement. But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.
ID checks are apparently required for fighting fires under a long-standing cross-border mutual-aid agreement.
Do you want to fly, ahem, burn today???
A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.
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Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement. But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.
ID checks are apparently required for fighting fires under a long-standing cross-border mutual-aid agreement.
Do you want to fly, ahem, burn today???
Nov 14, 2007, 10:47 am
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It doesn't surprise me...stupidity from both the US and CDN sides at the border seems to be the status quo.
Hopefully karma will kick in if they ever need a quick response to their homes...
Hopefully karma will kick in if they ever need a quick response to their homes...
Nov 14, 2007, 1:21 pm
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Canadian firetruck responding to U.S. call held up at border
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/14/bor...uck/index.html
Laughing stock of the world.
(CNN) -- A Canadian firetruck responding with lights and sirens to a weekend fire in Rouses Point, New York, was stopped at the U.S. border for about eight minutes, U.S. border officials said Tuesday.
Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement. But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.
Fire officials battling the blaze called for help from fire departments in nearby Quebec, using a longstanding and often-used mutual aid agreement. But the first truck that arrived at the small Rouses Point border crossing was delayed as officials checked documentation of the firefighters and their truck, officials confirmed.
Nov 14, 2007, 1:28 pm
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Also being discussed in OMNI:
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Nov 14, 2007, 1:28 pm
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A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official said the eight-minute delay at the Rouses Point crossing was caused "when one of the firefighters' admissibility was brought into question." He declined to elaborate, citing immigration and privacy laws.
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Kevin Corsaro of the border protection's Buffalo field office said the agency's primary responsibility is to protect the homeland.
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Kevin Corsaro of the border protection's Buffalo field office said the agency's primary responsibility is to protect the homeland.
Nov 14, 2007, 1:33 pm
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Also being discussed in OMNI:
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Nov 14, 2007, 3:05 pm
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And here... http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=757136 ... Mods, time to close all these and refer to OMNI?
Nov 14, 2007, 9:48 pm
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What was the quote I heard recently? Something like
or something like that.
We're not here for anyone's individual safety or protection, we're here to protect the government"
Nov 14, 2007, 10:15 pm
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Nov 14, 2007, 11:00 pm
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Sadly, I think it's going to take at least a generation. This generation has its panties too far done up in a wad.
Nov 15, 2007, 12:32 am
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If they didn't do this, it would make for a large very easy way to smuggle a few tons of goods across the border would it not? It's not as if this is a normal occurance. I've crossed at the border points in Quebec about 50 times. I have never heard or seen any fire trucks racing for the border. The border police were doing their due diligence. Searching a truck, checking the ID's of all aboard and running the plate in 8 minutes isn't bad. The article doesn't note if this has happened before, how long it usually takes, etc. It still is a vehicle coming from another country.