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Golden Eagles Hotshots board a NIFC charter jet airplane with over 5,000 pounds of their fire-fighting equipment en route to a wildfire.

FIREFIGHTER ACTIVE LIFESTYLE

FOUR CALIFORNIA HOTSHOT CREWS DEPLOY to the Linville Complex fire in Ashville, North Carolina.

Golden Eagles Hotshots crew photo, Bakersfield, June 25, 2007

Bear Divide Hotshots crew photo, Bakersfield, June 25, 2007

Mill Creek Hotshots crew photo, Bakersfield, June 25, 2007

Stanislaus Hotshots crew photo, Bakersfield, June 25, 2007

MOHAWKS

Golden Eagles Hotshots give each other Mohawk haircuts — a firefighting ritual.

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Golden Eagles Hotshots take a photo with Mohawk haircuts. The Golden Eagles started a firefighter tradition on the Sycuan Indian Reservation where wildland academy graduates receive Mohawk haircuts until their first fire. Here in this fire photo, experienced hotshots also cut their hair in support of the rookie fire-fighting team members.

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2009 Wildland Fire Avaition Academy Blog...our professional fire and aviation helicopter school in San Diego County Southern California is successfully completed — 18 fire-fighting students join the federal fire service with fire jobs!

RECRUIT HEAGNEY is a 26-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005 OIF 2005.

HARD AS NAILS — Heagney and his fellow recruits had just wrapped up 52 continuous hours of extremely demanding Night Operations (Coyote Tactics) cutting fire lines on the Sycuan mountains — all 19 remaining students who began the operation successfully finished it — above photo taken April 15th, 0630 hours.

EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION (how to hire on with Sycuan and qualify for BIA fire jobs): Visit the SYCUAN HUMAN RESOURCES On-Line Career Center for job searches, employment listings. Sycuan employs more than 2,500 people in a variety of positions, including casino operations, food service, security, accounting, facilities, landscaping and fire fighting professions.

CREW DIRECTORY — There are some 90 BIA Hotshot crews in the United States. Nine of those are Native American crews.

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Bakersfield is a 250-mile drive from the Sycuan Indian Reservation in El Cajon, CA.

Golden Eagles Hotshots arrive at the motel and lineup for briefing.

Golden Eagles Hotshots gather in the hotel restaurant for breakfast at 5:30 am.

Firefighter Guzman begins his second year of fighting wildfires with the Golden Eagles Hotshots. The Hispanic fireman graduated the Sycuan-BIA Wildland Academy last year and earned a position with the elite Hotshots.

Eighteen-year-old rookie firefighter with traditional Golden Eagles Hotshots Mohawk haircut. By tradition, the young fireman will be allowed to grow a regular haircut after completing this mission.

Not all the young Hotshots got Mohawks.

Golden Eagles Hotshots arrive early at the airport and begin unloading their equipment.

Junior fire personnel keep the vehicles clean and polished.

Golden Eagles Hotshots are always taking pictures....

Golden Eagles Hotshots Division Chief Ray Ruiz Sr. leads his crew out to board the jet aircraft.

Golden Eagles Hotshots standby to load their wildland firefighting gear.

Golden Eagles Hotshots typically pack 60-80 pounds of gear in their packs.

Golden Eagles Hotshots board the aircraft.

(L-r) Squad Boss Deza, Captain Madrigal, Captain Mendez, Division Chief Ruiz are last to board the plane.

LA JOLLA (San Diego County) FIRE: The webmaster took this photo from the driver's seat while returning the vehicles to the Sycuan Fire Department. It pictures a fresh San Diego grass fire with San Diego City Copter 1 and a Sycuan Flycrew battling the fire.

AT SCENE, LINVILLE COMPLEX, ASHVILLE NC

Vincent Schilling, posing with Ray Ruiz, took the lower photos.

(L-r) Rick Madrigal, Ray Ruiz, Juan Mendez

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