Cascade Fire Equipment Co

Cascade Fire Equipment Co, doing business as CFE, is a small disadvantaged business manufacturer headquartered in Medford, Oregon, that supplies specialized firefighting equipment and apparatus to federal wildland and structural fire management agencies as a prime contractor. All 751 recent awards in the source footprint are prime contracts; CFE does not operate as a subcontractor. The company operates under NAICS 339999 (All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing) and related pump and equipment manufacturing codes, with production facilities in White City and Medford, Oregon. CFE competes predominantly under Total Small Business set-asides, which dominate its contract mix, though it also holds unrestricted awards on GSA Schedule vehicles and through open Forest Service solicitations.

CFE's concrete capability portfolio centers on manufacturing and delivery of Type 7 slip-on pump units in 50-gallon and 125-gallon configurations, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment including packs, masks, and cylinders, turnout gear and personal protective equipment, hand-operated pump primers and check/bleeder valves, fire retardant foam concentrate (Phos-Chek), and specialized vehicle outfitting and command packages. Representative work includes a $5.27 million definitive contract awarded November 1, 2024, by Forest Service Region 5 to supply SCBA equipment through October 31, 2029; a $840,615 definitive contract from the Forest Service for 36 Type 7 slip-on pump units across multiple western states, completed December 31, 2026; a $2.3 million Forest Service Region 5 purchase order for Drager SCBA units, masks, and bottles awarded September 29, 2025; and a $1.47 million definitive contract for turnout gear across Region 5 through October 31, 2029. More recent activity includes a $1.75 million July 2026 purchase order from Forest Service Region 5 for 207 SCBA units with multi-link buddy breather and 483 FPS 7000 masks, and a $1 million August 2026 purchase order from the National Interagency Fire Center for turnout ensemble equipment standardization across 273 engines.

Customer concentration is dominated by the Forest Service across multiple regions. The top five customers account for 23% of recent awards by count but 80% of combined potential value. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) leads by dollars with 27 awards totaling $40.7 million potential value, followed by GSA Federal Acquisition Service with 20 awards and $23.8 million potential value, and Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) with 71 awards and $16.2 million potential value. Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) places 35 awards totaling $2.6 million, and the National Interagency Fire Center accounts for 11 awards at $7.9 million. The Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Agriculture APHIS, and other Forest Service regions round out the active set. CFE also holds a $7.5 million multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Defense Logistics Agency, awarded February 10, 2022, through February 9, 2027, for torch and drip equipment supporting military and federal fire protection operations.

CFE maintains multiple vehicle positions anchoring its federal contracting posture. The Federal Supply Schedule GS07F3973A (GSA Schedule) carries 229 task orders valued at $3.4 million combined potential. The Multiple Award Schedule vehicle holds 132 task orders at $6.9 million combined potential value. CFE also places work under Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Forest Service National Interagency Fire Center and other agencies, including a $5.5 million single-award BPA for fire retardant foam and concentrate (referenced in summaries as in place through the measurement period). Several smaller BPAs and an Indefinite Delivery Contract (INL04PC90221) with a national laboratory add flexibility for rapid procurements.

Recent activity has declined year over year — 16 awards in 2022, 12 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 6 in 2025, and 4 in 2026 through early August — suggesting either market saturation in the wildfire equipment space or completion of earlier multi-year modernization cycles at major customers. Only 5 awards with combined potential value of $3.2 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, indicating relatively light recompete exposure in the immediate horizon. However, several large definitive contracts with completion dates through late 2029 (the SCBA and turnout gear contracts with Region 5 noted above) represent material future recompete activity outside the twenty-four-month window. CFE's dominant NAICS footprint is All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing (242 awards) and Pump and Pumping Equipment Manufacturing (163 awards), with secondary exposure in forestry support services and miscellaneous manufacturing. Fire Fighting Equipment is the leading PSC category with 427 awards, followed by Safety and Rescue Equipment (62 awards) and Miscellaneous Fire Control Equipment (57 awards).

MANUFACTURER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT