Ember Engine Company LLC

Ember Engine Company LLC, doing business as Ember Engine Co LLC, is a woman-owned small business based in Merlin, Oregon that provides Type 4 and Type 5 fire engines, water handling equipment, transportation, and personnel support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor (100% of awards). The company holds self-certified small disadvantaged business and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business designations and competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its core indefinite delivery contracts.

Ember Engine's customer footprint is entirely within the Forest Service—concentrated across the National Interagency Fire Center (10 awards, $1.3 million combined potential value), Region 6 Pacific Northwest (7 awards, $701 thousand), and Region 5 Pacific Southwest (5 awards, $222 thousand). All 24 recent prime awards fall under NAICS 333923 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC 2490 (Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression), reflecting complete specialization in fire response equipment and services.

Ember Engine holds three active indefinite delivery contracts anchoring its work: a $500,000 IDIQ awarded February 2026 by the National Interagency Fire Center for Region 6 water handling equipment and services (running through May 2030), a $250,000 IDIQ awarded May 2025 for West Zone water handling across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 (through June 2025), and a $250,000 IDIQ awarded June 2022 for the same West Zone coverage (through June 2025). Task orders are issued through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system with completion timelines typically one to three weeks. Eleven task orders against the first contract carry $568 thousand combined potential value; seven against the second carry $259 thousand; two against the third carry $139 thousand. Recent representative delivery orders include a $128,180 firm fixed-price order from Region 6 for fire suppression support equipment (July 2026), a $134,400 order from Region 6 for fire engines and water handling supplies (July 2024), and a $84,015 order from Region 5 for Type 4 and Type 5 engines and water handling equipment (July 2024).

Activity has remained stable at two to four awards per year over the past five years, with combined potential value across all 24 awards of $2.2 million and $966 thousand obligated to date (44% of potential value). The company performs work across multiple Forest Service regions in the Pacific Northwest and California, with recent delivery orders executed in Prineville, Springfield, Medford, Grass Valley, Alturas, and Yreka.