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Sycuan's Web site on the Internet online career center is where to find the best facts and information about how, when and where to apply for exciting professional fire fighting jobs in Southern California with the Sycuan Fire Department in San Diego County.

Sycuan-BIA Firefighter Adolfo Osuna, third sawyer, Golden Eagles Interagency Hotshot Crew IHC, 63B Module, pictured during the formal 2009 DOI-BIA certification process on the Sycuan Indian Reservation. DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION BIA FIRE CAREER FIREFIGHTER POSTER.

The veteran 23-year-old wildland firefighter is a successful graduate of the 2006 annual Sycuan-BIA Wildland Fire Academy held on the Sycuan Indian Reservation.

Firefighter Osuna already has three successful fire seasons on his professional firefighter resumé with the U.S. Department of the Interior DOI, the Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA and the Sycuan Fire Department SFD elite wildland and aviation programs.

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SYCUAN CAREER FIREMEN — Professional Sycuan career firefighters, the BIA Golden Eagles Superintendent with his Hotshot, Flycrew and Fuels Crew Captains.

How to become a firefighter:

Fire service training opportunities at Sycuan provide successful job applicants with entry-level and advanced fire career training and job placement for beginning and experienced professional firemen and firewomen on the West Coast of California, southwestern USA.

Professional employment opportunities with Sycuan offer challenging hard work ethics, continuing education, active lifestyles, special team camaraderie and rewarding careers for men and women within the national fire service family that encompass limitless job potential with local, city, tribal, reservation, industrial, state and federal fire agencies worldwide.

Many of Sycuan's fire department staff joined the Sycuan team after completing successful tours with the military, civilian police and security teams, and outside fire programs. Other Sycuan personnel started out their professional careers working with Sycuan, and some have moved on to federal jobs with Homeland Security, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the military and other security, medical and fire agencies across the nation.

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The Sycuan-BIA Golden Eagles Hotshots IHC and Golden Eagles Flycrew train closely with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department SDFD helicopter program — San Diego City Copter One is pictured landing on a Sycuan reservation mountain top during a training exercise with the Sycuan Flycrew Web site.

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Sycuan helicopter training at Montgomery Field Helibase, San Diego, CA, with San Diego City Copter 2 (Copter 1 in background to left) — DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION BIA POSTER.

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SYCUAN AIR & WILDLAND DIVISION: Certified Type 1 IHC (Interagency Hotshot Crew) the Sycuan Golden Eagles IHC 63 is one of some 90 National BIA Wildland Interagency Hotshot Crews in the United States — DOWNLOAD HIGH RESOLUTION PROFESSIONAL CAREER POSTER.

PROFESSIONAL CAREERS:

Founded in 1974, the Sycuan Fire Department is a large, well-funded, tribally-owned professional firefighting organization based on the Sycuan Indian Reservation in a rural east San Diego County mountain countryside.

The Sycuan Native American Fire Dept. includes a state-of-the-art Safety-Training Division, Air & Wildland Division, Structural Division, and an Emergency Medical Services EMS Division.

Like most employment opportunities with Sycuan, a job search typically begins with Sycuan Human Resources to research Sycuan job postings, listings and seasonal hiring patterns within the Sycuan fire-fighting community.

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INDIAN PREFERENCE:

First preference in filling training and employment openings with Sycuan Tribal Fire Department will be awarded to qualified Native American Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Act of 1934 (Title 25, USC, Section 472). Verification Form BIA-4432 must be submitted with any employment or training application if applicant is claiming Indian Preference.

IHC NATIONAL CREW DIRECTORY — CLICK for a complete listing of some 90 federal NIHC crews, including how to contact the nine NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN BIA Interagency Hotshot Crews for great paying jobs in America:

FORT APACHE Hotshots, WARM SPRINGS Hotshots, CHIEF MOUNTAIN Hotshots, GERONIMO Hotshots, MESCALERO Hotshots, ZUNI Hotshots, GOLDEN EAGLES Hotshots, BEAR PAW Hotshots, NAVAJO Hotshots.

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Many Indian reservations across the United States employ fire-fighting personnel in their tribal fire departments — Sycuan's fire and aviation program is well respected in both the national and American Indian firefighting reservation communities for being the top fire training facility in the nation.

Sycuan academy cadre members — many of whom are seasoned Indigenous American firefighters themselves — are sensitive to cross-cultural training issues and they are experts in building close team-working relationships between diverse individuals.

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The sprawling Sycuan Training Center's military-style obstacle course pictured during an extended pre-dawn PT workout — MF Mountain looms in the background at first light.

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Sycuan's tough 21-day Marine Corps style "boot camp" Wildland Fire & Aviation Academy fire-fighting school — held annually on the Sycuan Indian Reservation — certifies successful graduates for entry-level positions on these elite federal inter-agency fire crews with limitless advancement potential within the professional fire service.

RECRUIT HEAGNEY (above) is a 26-year-old Marine Corps combat veteran who served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005 OIF 2005 — prior military experience is an asset on your professional resumé at the Sycuan Fire Dept.

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Sycuan's 2009 wildland academy takes an early morning training hike up a steep rural San Diego mountain peak "Heaven's Gate" at sunrise.

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TEAM GOALS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS — Annual Sycuan-BIA Wildland Fire & Aviation Academy program helicopter class training picture — DOWNLOAD HIGH RESOLUTION RECRUITMENT POSTER.

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SYCUAN SERVING SAN DIEGO EAST COUNTY COMMUNITY: Joint disaster CERT training exercise — a continuing education program with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department SDFD — Sycuan tribal-casino-police-fire personnel and local first responders practice working together to train and empower citizens in safe, effective neighborhood CERT teams.

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Sycuan Golden Eagles Interagency Hotshot Crew 63 Bureau of Indian Affairs BIA wildland fire crew, a federally-certified Type 1 California Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC) pictured at the base of a Sycuan Mountain prior to beginning an extended night training operation clearing fire hazards and cutting fire lines using firefighting chain saws and hand tools.

A 2009 Sycuan fire academy cadet stands mentally focused in military-style formation after sunset alongside 17 of his his fellow recruits on the last day of training during their final personnel inspection — the following morning the men were all graduated and declared "firefighters" by stringent BIA federal fire-fighting certifications they earned during the three-week academy.

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Like most job opportunities with Sycuan, an employment search typically begins with Sycuan Human Resources On-line Career Center to research current Sycuan job postings, listings and seasonal hiring patterns within the Sycuan professional fire-fighting community.

SYCUAN HUMAN RESOURCES: Employment opportunities with Sycuan include the Sycuan Casino, Sycuan Resort, Sycuan Fire Department, Sycuan Medical Clinic, Sycuan Dental Clinic, Sycuan Day Care Center, Sycuan Tribal Police Department, Sycuan Learning Center.

SYCUAN EMPLOYMENT LISTINGS: Sycuan currently employs more than 2,500 people in a variety of positions, including casino operations, food service, security, accounting, facilities, and landscaping professions.

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