Emergency Response Fire Medical, LLC

Emergency Response Fire Medical, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Inman, South Carolina, provides emergency medical responder services — including deployment of certified emergency medical technicians, advanced EMTs, and paramedics — to support wildland fire suppression and all-hazards incident response as a prime contractor (100% of awards) under total small business set-asides. The company operates as a sole proprietorship and has delivered 56 prime awards across the past three years with a combined potential value of $1.6 million.

Customer concentration is extreme. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service's Southern Region (Region 8) accounts for 35 of 56 awards (62% of total) and $651 thousand of combined potential value, dominating both volume and dollars. The next tier — Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6), Intermountain Region (Region 4), and Northern Region (Region 1) — collectively account for 14 awards and $406 thousand, with the National Interagency Fire Center's two parent vehicle awards anchoring $500 thousand. Together, USDA Forest Service entities in these five buckets represent 96% of all awards and cover 95% of combined potential value; Emergency Response Fire Medical has no other federal customers in the source record.

Activity has grown materially year over year from 10 awards in 2023 to a peak of 22 in 2024, with slight moderation to 15 in 2025 and 9 year-to-date in 2026 through May 30. The vendor operates almost entirely through a single parent vehicle: a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) valued at $250,000, set aside for total small businesses, awarded June 27, 2023, with ultimate completion June 27, 2028. This IDC has generated 50 task orders carrying $953 thousand in combined potential value. Individual delivery orders and purchase orders range from approximately $1,904 to $64,000, with typical deployments lasting one week to one month and covering 16-hour daily shifts. Beyond personnel deployment, the vendor supplies specialized equipment including Medical Support Units and rescue vehicles valued at $38,000 to $64,000 per unit. The source indicates delivery orders have been issued from Forest Service regional offices across 13 southern and mid-Atlantic states, the Pacific Northwest, and the Intermountain region; performance locations include Tallahassee and Asheville (FL/NC clusters), Libby and Hamilton (Montana), Lakeview and Prineville (Oregon), and other remote incident areas.

Combined dollars obligated across all 56 awards total $1.1 million, representing 69% of combined potential value, indicating that approximately $500 thousand in potential remains unfunded. Award concentration by NAICS reflects the work: 52 awards (93%) fall under Ambulance Services (NAICS 621910); 3 awards under All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services; 1 award under Truck and RV Rental. PSC coding mirrors this split, with 52 awards under Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression.

Emergency Response Fire Medical operates with no subcontractor footprint in the source record and serves exclusively as a prime, deploying personnel directly. The vendor's entire federal posture is rooted in the USDA Forest Service's National Fire Plan requirement for rapid, pre-qualified emergency medical surge capacity across geographically dispersed incident areas. The small-business set-aside designation and the multiple-award IDC vehicle provide the structural framework enabling the Forest Service to bypass open competition and task Emergency Response Fire Medical directly when surge medical support is needed.