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US Customs delay Canadian Fire Trucks responding to Alert
... all that while a few hundreds mexicans jump over the south border ... talk about priorities ... 
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Published November 12, 2007 10:00 pm - U.S. Customs officers stop Quebec firefighters as they head for Anchorage fire.
Fire trucks delayed at border
By RACHAEL OSBORNE
Staff Writer
PLATTSBURGH -- Lacolle and St. Paul Isle Noix fire departments were delayed as they tried to cross the border on their way to the Anchorage fire late Sunday night.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped fire trucks from the two Quebec departments at the Route 9B crossing in Rouses Point as they responded to a Mutual Aid call.
Chris Trombley, department fire coordinator for Clinton County Emergency Services, said there was some confusion at the border as to which firefighters had identification and which did not.
"The officers ran the vehicle ID to see if it (the fire truck) was legal and checked to see if the people were legal."
He did not know exactly how long the firefighters were held up, characterizing it as "a bit of a delay."
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Trombley said he is not sure whether the landmark restaurant would have been saved had the departments been able to enter the United States faster, but he said the delay did strain firefighters battling flames in Rouses Point.
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BTW, Chris Tromblay is of of french canadian descent ( Tremblay ) ...
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I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !
But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....
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