From August 10, 2005, reported on the Six Nations Council website:

On August 3, 2005 the fire department was notified by surprised occupants and alert neighbours of a fire visible from the roof of the Stoneridge Day Care Center. The Six Nations Fire Department responded within minutes of the 911 calls. Due to heat stress experienced by local Six Nations volunteers, Mutual Aid assistance was requested from Haldimand County Fire Department – Station #1 Caledonia.

One Six Nations volunteer firefighter was taken to West Haldimand General Hospital for treatment of minor injuries sustained during the fire.

In a separate incident, on August 8, 2005, the Six Nations Fire Department was notified of a fire in the townhouses located at 23G Pine Crescent. Upon arrival at the scene, Six Nations firefighters viewed flames on the roof of the upper unit at the rear of the building. Due to heat stress experienced by local Six Nations volunteers, Mutual Aid assistance was requested from the Haldimand County Fire Department – Station #2 Hagersville.

“The volunteers of the fire department must be commended for their actions. They gave up their time and put themselves in danger for the safety of the community under extreme heat conditions. It wasn’t an easy job and nia:weh (thank you) to our fire fighter brothers and sisters from Haldimand County as they assisted in the battle of these two fires,” said Michael Seth, Fire Chief of the Six Nations Fire Department.

On April 21, 2006:

The protesters dumped three large piles of gravel on Argyle Street to block traffic, but were allowing emergency vehicles like ambulances and fire trucks through. This morning, just after daybreak, four fire trucks sped into the native blockade to check out a report of a barn fire at a farm directly across the road from the housing project. The trucks were held up for a few moments, but were allowed to proceed.

When they came back to return to the fire station, one masked protester told a firefighter behind the wheel that next time just let them know it's an emergency and they can proceed pass through with no trouble.

"They keep pushing us," the protester, referring to police, told a few dozen people milling around the barricade. "They got the media right there. We have to let emergency vehicles through. There's enough of us now that three or four emergency vehicles is nothing if they are trying to pull something. We're keeping the police out of here."

And on May 17:

All emergency vehicles -- except for Ontario Provincial Police cruisers -- have been assured of free passage through the Argyle Street barricade as a gesture of "good faith" by native protesters.

Native spokesperson Clyde Powless said the route through Argyle Street South to Highway 6 has never been closed to emergency vehicles going to the Hagersville hospital.

But native protesters have been stopping -- and sometimes searching -- all other cars and trucks since the barricade was erected April 20.

Powless said ambulances have been using a longer route to the hospital because they assumed they couldn't get through the barricade.

"It was an oversight on our part ... we didn't mean any malice. It's regrettable it happened," he told reporters yesterday.

He apologized for the confusion and inconvenience, adding the protesters want to stay on "good terms" with the community.

And then again during last night's fire:

Three people were injured in a fire last night in an unfinished home on the housing site occupied by native protesters.

Six Nations firefighters responded to the 8 p.m. blaze in the two-storey house, but it's unclear whether Caledonia firefighters were allowed onto Douglas Creek Estates. A resident of a neighbouring subdivision said Caledonia firefighters were cooling their heels in a nearby Canadian Tire parking lot at the time of the fire.

From partnership and mutual assistance to confusion, suspicion, and resentment.