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Old Nov 14, 2007, 10:25 am
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okazon69
 
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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.

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