Ash Kickers, LLC

Ash Kickers, LLC, a small business partnership headquartered in Clarkston, Washington, supplies wildland firefighting equipment and emergency response services to federal fire management agencies as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides and full-and-open delivery orders. The company competes exclusively under small business set-aside vehicles and single-award IDCs issued by the U.S. Forest Service and the National Interagency Fire Center, with no subcontract footprint.

Ash Kickers' capability portfolio centers on specialized firefighting equipment supply and rental: water tenders (Type 1, 2, and 3), support and tactical water tenders, ash kickers, heavy construction equipment (dozers and excavators), and incident response personnel and training. Recent representative work includes a $87,930 total small business delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 6 for equipment in Baker City, Oregon (August 5, 2026); a $88,569 total small business purchase order from the Forest Service Idaho Region for a Support Water Tender Type 2 (June 1, 2025); and a $84,000 full-and-open delivery order from Region 6 for wildland firefighting equipment and rented heavy equipment (August 21, 2024). The company also holds multiple $250,000 indefinite-delivery contracts from the National Interagency Fire Center covering water handling, miscellaneous heavy equipment, and heavy equipment for West Zone regions, all under total small business set-asides and running through 2028–2030.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to the Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region accounts for 34 awards and $1.8 million combined potential value; the National Interagency Fire Center (Fire and Aviation Management) accounts for 10 awards and $3 million. The Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region and unspecified Forest Service offices round out the customer base. The two revenue rankings track closely, with NIFC anchoring the largest contract ceilings and Region 6 driving order volume through its Virtual Incident Procurement system.

Ash Kickers places task orders under seven parent IDCs: the NIFC water handling contract for Region 6 (7 orders, $241 thousand combined value), the NIFC miscellaneous heavy equipment contract for Region 6 (5 orders, $86 thousand), a Forest Service blanket purchase agreement (4 orders, $74 thousand), and three other NIFC equipment IDCs. All vehicles are structured as multiple-award contracts reserved for small business with firm fixed-price task orders. Activity has grown from 7 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2026, with 48 total prime awards carrying $5 million in combined potential value and $1.1 million obligated. The company registered in SAM.gov in 2013 and operates across the western United States, with place-of-performance split between Baker City and Pendleton, Oregon, Colville, Washington, and Fossil, Oregon to support rapid wildfire response dispatch from pre-positioned resources.