Staff
Zapata County Fire Department is comprised of 3 shifts (A, B, and C shift). Each shift has from 8-11 employees including the Capt. and the Lt. One of the shifts has a dispatcher. We have a mixture between EMTs, Paramedics, Fire Fighters, and etc.
Chief Juan J Meza
Job Title: Fire Chief, Arson Investigator, Emergency Management Coordinator,
Member Since: March 12, 1973
Lorena V. Navarro
Job Title: Secretary
Member Since: October 1, 2008
Shift A Members
Capt. Fernando Hernandez
Job Title : Firefighter/ECA
Member Since: July, 1980
Lt. Israel B. "Ike" Gutierrez
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT, Instructor II, Swift Water Tech
Member Since: October 1, 1985
Fermin Orta
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Fire Instructor II
Member Since: May 14, 2001
Daniel Drayton Arriaga
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, HAZMAT Tech, Fire Investigator, Peace Officer
Member since: April 2006
Roel "Tito" Gonzalez Jr.
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Instructor I
Member Since: August 16, 2007
Jorge Gutierrez III
Job title: Firefighter/EMT
Member since: October 18, 2011
Benjamin Martinez
Job Title: Firefighter/ Paramedic
Member Since: August 2007
Juan Rene Del Bosque
Job Title: Licensed Paramedic
Member Since: December 21, 2012
Carlos Leija
Job Title: Licensed Paramedic
Member since: March 13, 2014
Ivan Vasquez
Job Title: Paramedic
Member Since: December 20, 2014
Shift B Members
Capt. Juan J. Dominguez
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT
Member Since: July 1978
Lt. Jorge Daniel Oyervides
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT-Intermediate, Fire Inspector, Instructor II, Swift Water Rescue Technician, HAZMAT Tech, Fire Investigator, Peace Officer
Member since: December 10, 2001
Capt. Andres Botello
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT
Member since: April 15, 1985
Miguel Angel Sosa
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT-Intermediate, Fire Inspector
Member Since: August 13, 2001
Gavid Cuellar
Job Title: EMT- Intermediate
Member Since: September 2, 2000
Gabriela I. Gonzalez
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Instructor I
Member since: May 23, 2005
Jose F. "Joey" Guerra
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT
Member Since: June 12, 2012
Barbie R. Gonzalez
Job Title: Licensed Paramedic, EMS Instructor
Member Since: August 3, 2012
Manuel Ramon
Job Title: Paramedic
Member Since: October 1, 1984
Rachel Ramirez
Job Title: Paramedic
Member Since: August 16, 2013
Shift C Members
Capt. Hector Martinez Jr.
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT
Member Since: February 21, 1980
Lt. Epitacio J. Martinez
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Instructor
Member Since: July 14, 1986
Maria Lilia Moncivais-Martinez
Job Title: EMT- Intermediate
Member Since: February 29, 1996
Carlos E. Talamante
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT, Fire Inspector,Swift Water Rescue Technician
Member Since: October 1, 2005
Victor Villarreal
Job Title: Firefighter/ Paramedic, EMS Coordinator/Supervisor
Member Since: February 5, 2007
William A. Butterfield
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Fire Inspector, Swift Water Rescue Technician,
Haz-Mat Technician, Fire Investigator, Peace Officer
Member Since: December 8, 2003
Ramiro Garcilazo III
Job Title: Firefighter/EMT, Fire Inspector
Member Since: October 28, 2004
Jose Luis Resendez Jr.
Job Title: Firefighter/Licensed Paramedic
Member Since: August 23, 2010
Ivan Garza
Job Title: Firefighter/ EMT-I, Fire Investigator
Member Since: 10/16/2013
Mauro V Ramon Jr.
Job Title: Firegfighter/Licensed Paramedic
Member Since: May 28,2014
Javier O. Gutierrez
Job Title: Dispatcher
Member Since: April 3, 2000