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Native American Fire Fighter Juan Mendez, Zapoteca Indian Nation, pictured at Montgomery Helibase beside San Diego County Copter 1 (photo taken of the young fireman in 2003). NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN FIREFIGHTER
Superintendent JUAN "HUGE" MENDEZ Superintendent Juan Mendez, 33, is currently the Superintendent of the BIA Golden Eagles Interagency Hotshot Crew IHC at Sycuan. As the crew superintendent, Mendez supervises some 20 elite federal wildland fire fighters, and they are based in San Diego County on the Sycuan Indian Reservation. Mendez started his fire career in 1994 as a volunteer fireman with the Pala Tribal Fire Department. In 1995, Mendez completed the 1995 Sycuan Fire Academy (DOWNLOAD HI-RESOLUTION CLASS PHOTO) and was immediately hired on to the Sycuan Fire Department. Juan quickly worked his way up through the ranks to his current position — superintendent. He has been employed by the Sycuan Fire Department as one of its top professional firefighters for 14 years now (since 1995).
Juan Mendez is pictured Day Nine of the 2009 Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA Wildland Fire and Aviation Academy briefing the fire cadets and his academy instructors at the start of Coyote Tactics, aka Night Operations.
As a top federal Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) fire officer, Juan Mendez gets a new fire truck — command and control vehicle —with fancy on-board radio communications, screaming sirens, flashing lights, and the latest state-of-the-art safety-emergency equipment. JUAN WITH HIS CREW ON THE JOB:
GOLDEN EAGLES HOTSHOTS "IN THE REAL WORLD" — DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION POSTER (you will want to zoom in on this one) — Spiked Out Nine Consecutive Days (West Basin Complex, 2008). HELICOPTER SCHOOL:
FIRST-HAND HELICOPTER TRAINING — Sycuan aviation academy students trained with San Diego City Copter 1 and Copter 2 — Supt. Mendez (GE IHC) leads a group of wildland fire aviation students away from a running helicopter, Day 19, April 23rd — DOWNLOAD 10-INCH FILE.
San Diego City Copter 2 flew into the classroom fast and furious at Montgomery Field Helibase and landed feet beside the BIA aviation students — City Copter 1 is parked in the background.
Passing along knowledge — getting the fire helicopter students to think about what they are learning — is one of the primary goals of the academy. In this professional picture, Supt. Mendez stresses an important point to students during fire-safety training at the San Diego helicopter training facility helibase. JUAN WITH HIS LEAD CREW OFFICERS:
ROLE MODELS — Sycuan crew officers stood by and paid attention to the valuable advice and interesting comments made by their superiors. Pictured (l-r) Captain Jose "DZAW" Deza (Golden Eagles Fuels Crew), Capt. Byron "B Ron" Alcantara (Golden Eagles IHC), Captain Rick "Mad" Madrigal (Golden Eagles IHC), Superintendent Juan "Huge" Mendez (Golden Eagles IHC), Captain Clark "Rob" Serrato (Golden Eagles Flycrew) — DOWNLOAD FULL RESOLUTION PHOTO. JUAN WITH HIS 2008 IHC FIRE CREW:
WILDLAND HOTSHOTS complete successful 2008 fire season (click for hi-rez poster blowup), Mendez is the man standing in the center of BIA California Interagency Hotshot Crew 63.
Supt. Mendez (right) stands with his crew during a 2008 inspection at GE IHC Base Camp.
SUPT Mendez (pony tail) is a Native American Indian, ZAPOTECA INDIAN NATION, Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Type II Bell 212TH firefighting BIA helicopter that was delivered in 2007 to the Sycuan Fire Department Air and Wildland Division was returned in 2008 having closed another successful fire season in San Diego County.
2009 BIA FIRE SEASON REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION PICTURES: Golden Eagles Hotshots regularly PT together so meeting the BIA wildland minimum standards during a 10-minute run was no problem for the brotherhood — they ran the running test in a fast pace in this very close formation. DOWNLOAD HUGE HIGH RESOLUTION FIREMEN IN ACTION POSTER. (Mendez is running in the back, far right, ensuring everyone on his crew keeps pace as a tight elite unit).
SUPT Mendez took this great academy photograph at sunset after the men had just flipped tires and ran hose lays — hot pizza was delivered and waiting — they are definitely a team and strong. DOWNLOAD 10-INCH PHOTO for firemen's scrapbook.
FIREFIGHTER BROTHERHOOD —Golden Eagles Interagency Hotshot Crew Superintendent Juan Mendez (center), took a crew scrapbook picture with Sycuan Fire Department Captain Zach Carrillo (right) and Sycuan Firefighter Piper. DOWNLOAD a huge full-resolution photo.
Many top famous firefighters lined up for a photo — DOWNLOAD HI-REZ 10-INCH of the Big Chiefs. Pictured (l-r): Supt. Mendez GE IHC, Chief Fennessy SDFD, Chief Murphy SYCFD, Chief Kanseah SYFD, Ron Recker BIA-NIFC, Chief Villalpando SFD, Chief Nelson SFD, Chief Butcher SMFD. Please SEE MY OTHER FIRE SCRAPBOOKS SUPERINTENDENT JUAN MENDEZ PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
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Superintendent Juan Mendez (in red helmet) talks to his crew of elite California Hotshots just moments before turning them over to BIA fire officers during the 
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