UNSPSC 39111714: Signal Flare

UNSPSC 39111714 Signal Flare (Commodity) covers emergency signal and safety flares procured by state and local governments for law enforcement traffic control, fire rescue operations, and emergency response. State and local solicitations under this code seek purpose-built red flares—typically 30-minute burn-time units in cardboard tube or fusee form, meeting Federal Bureau of Explosives and Underwriters Laboratory specifications—distributed to police departments, fire rescue services, and school district safety operations on fixed-unit-price contracts with delivery timelines ranging from 5 to 14 days. Issuing bodies include state police departments, county sheriffs and fire rescue agencies, municipal police departments, and K–12 school districts; the code also sees cooperative purchasing activity through regional procurement cooperatives like Sourcewell, which aggregate demand across multiple jurisdictions and public sector organizations.

Recent activity spans Michigan, California, Texas, Minnesota (via Sourcewell), and Florida. The Michigan Department of State Police issued RFP 260000001616 for Orion #0730 Red Emergency Flares and Fusees with an estimated three-year quantity of 2,000 gross and proposals due April 17, 2026. The City of Austin solicited traffic safety flares through IFB 8700 DCG1034 with bids due May 28, 2026, specifying the Orion Safety Products Item #0730 as the preferred model and an estimated annual volume of 500 cases. The Michigan State Police also issued a Notice of Intent to Award on April 28, 2026 to Standard Fusee Corp for $249,000 covering flares and fusees for the Grand Concept School District. Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida issued ITB 2600319 for janitorial and operational supplies (due July 24, 2026) that included flare procurement under the broader category; the estimated contract value was $765,679.84 for one year. Sourcewell's RFP #061626 (due June 16, 2026) established a cooperative contracting solution for law enforcement equipment available to thousands of governmental agencies, higher education institutions, school districts, and public entities across the United States and Canada, though the solicitation did not separately itemize signal flares.