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NATIVE AMERICAN HOTSHOTS
 
THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS Interagency Hotshot Crews national directory of the nine active Indigenous Native American federal wildland firefighting hotshot crews (in order of dates established):
FORT APACHE Hotshots
Apache Indian Nation
Fort Apache Indian Reservation, White River AZ
WARM SPRINGS Hotshots
Wasco and Paiute Indian Nations
Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Warm Springs, OR
CHIEF MOUNTAIN Hotshots
Blackfeet Indian Nation
Blackfeet Indian Reservation, Browning, MT
GERONIMO Hotshots
Apache Indian Nation
San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, San Carlos, AZ
* MESCALERO Hotshots
Apache Indian Nation
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Mescalero, NM
ZUNI Hotshots
Zuni Indian Nation
Zuni Indian Reservation, Zuni, NM
GOLDEN EAGLES Hotshots
Kumeyaay-Diegueño Indian Nation
Sycuan Indian Reservation, El Cajon, CA
* BEAR PAW Hotshots
Chippewa Cree Indian Nations
Rocky Boy Indian Reservation, Box Elder, MT
NAVAJO Hotshots
Navajo Indian Nation
Navajo Indian Reservation, Gallup, NM
* DISBANDED see linked crew page for more information.
NON-NATIVE NATIONAL CREW DIRECTORY
The nine Native American Indian hotshot crews listed above are part of more than 90 FEDERAL INTER-AGENCY HOTSHOT CREWS nationwide.
The linked USDA Forrest Service index guild directory lists the complete listing of national firefighter crews by geographic areas locations and provides detailed information about each hot shot crew, including important facts like how to contact fire departments, names, addresses, websites, pictures, email, celluar telephone fax numbers, superintendents, and states where the firemen are located.
Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Interagency Hotshot Crews are based in Northwest, Northern California, Southern California, Eastern Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, Western Great Basin, Southwest, Alaska, Northern Rockies and the Southwest of United States USA.
The Indigenous wildland hotshot crews are trained and specialized as rapid deployment forces to fight fires anywhere in the United States, the men and women firefighters provide a safe, mobile and highly-skilled crew for all aspects of wildland fire suppression and disaster mitigation.
"SPECIAL FORCES" of the fire-fighting community — National IHC:
WILDLAND IHC 63 completed successful 2008 fire season (click for big poster image).
Top National wildland hotshot crews board a NIFC charter jet airplane in Bakersfield, CA, with their fire-fighting equipment en route to the 2007 Linville Complex wildfire in Ashville, NC.
AFTER NINE DAYS ON THE FIRE LINE — DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION POSTER (you will want to zoom in on this one), featuring a bit of firefighters' reality from Capt. Alcantara's professional fireman's scrapbook — Spiked Out Nine Consecutive Days (West Basin Complex, 2008).
Best BIA Hotshots pose for a group photo on the Santa Barbara fire site while the massive historic Zaca II fire blazes and smokes in the background. Photo: John Warren
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA Interagency Hotshots Program, the California hotshot crews, represent an important component of wildland fire fighting resources.
Like many other national fire fighting resources the number and location of these crews are dependant on funding, local support, and geographic and national need.
To be productive and effective in fire suppression, a resource mix must be developed and maintained in order to provide the flexibility required to meet the demands of wildland fire fighting.
As a result, requested sponsorship and funding is based on this mix. The process for participating in the BIA sponsored National Hotshot Crew Program is documented on the BIA Fire and Aviation website.
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HOW TO BECOME A WILDLAND HOTSHOT:
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 Special Operations (Coyote Tactics) cutting fire lines on the Sycuan mountains — all 19 remaining students who began the operation successfully finished it — above "hard as Nails" photo taken April 15th, 0630 hours.
EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION how to hire on with Sycuan and qualify for national BIA federal 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.
FEDERAL FIREFIGHTERS CREW DIRECTORY — There are some 90 BIA Hotshot crews in the United States. Nine of those are Native American crews.
PREVIOUS Sycuan-BIA fire and helicopter academies in San Diego:
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