Alder Creek Fire Inc.

Alder Creek Fire Inc., doing business as Brothers Industries, is an SBA Certified HUBZone small business based in Twisp, Washington, that provides wildland firefighting services and specialized equipment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor, competing predominantly in open competitions without set-aside designations despite its HUBZone certification status.

The company's federal footprint centers on concrete wildland fire suppression capabilities: Type 2–6 fire engines, support and tactical water tenders, chipper and crew services, and operational personnel for emergency incident response and prescribed fire projects across the Western United States. Representative delivery orders include a $244.3 thousand award from Forest Service Region 6 for wildland firefighting equipment and personnel (completed October 2025), a $218.8 thousand order for similar services supporting the Alder Creek Fire incident (September 2024), and a $152.8 thousand delivery order for water handling and crew support in the Pacific Northwest (October 2025). Alder Creek Fire also holds five active Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, each valued at $250 thousand with total small business set-aside designations, covering water handling services and chipper and crew support for Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 through 2030.

Customer concentration is extreme and regional. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) dominates both volume and dollars—176 awards worth $9.5 million combined potential value, representing 77% of all awards and 66% of total dollars. The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 27 awards worth $2.7 million (12% of dollars). The Forest Service Northern Region, Bureau of Land Management Oregon-Washington, and the broader Forest Service organization split the remainder. Award activity has accelerated sharply: six awards in 2022 and 2023 each, growing to 20 in 2024, 31 in 2025, and four in the first quarter of 2026. The company has received 227 prime awards over a 22-year span, with $11.6 million obligated against $14.4 million in combined potential value (80% spend rate).

Alder Creek Fire's vehicle portfolio centers on the National Interagency Fire Center IDCs. Five parent vehicles carry active task orders: the Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167192 with 77 task orders worth $3.2 million, IDC 1204H119T7116 with 35 orders worth $2.2 million, IDC 1202SB22T7342 with 30 orders worth $1.9 million, IDC 1204H125T7128 with 24 orders worth $1.6 million, and BPA AG04H1B137088 with 13 orders worth $1 million. These vehicles, procured through the Virtual Incident Procurement system, are small-business set-asides that position Alder Creek Fire to respond to dynamic wildfire suppression and vegetation management needs across multiple regions. The company operates exclusively as a prime contractor on federal work—227 awards, zero subcontract awards—and does not sub to other primes in the federal space.

Work is performed across Colville and Wenatchee, Washington, with supporting operations extending to Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, and other Western regions where Forest Service fire management operations occur. Award concentration by procurement code is absolute: 221 of 227 awards fall under Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (PSC), with the remaining six split across vehicle rental and other resource categories. NAICS 238910 (Support Activities for Forestry) captures 217 awards.