Fire Ignition Resources LLC

Fire Ignition Resources LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Talladega, Alabama, manufactures and supplies specialized pyrotechnic aerial ignition spheres and dispensers to federal wildfire management agencies as a prime contractor. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of recent awards) and competes predominantly in full-and-open procurements, with occasional small business set-asides; the company has no subcontract footprint in the source data.

The core product line centers on Premo Fireball spheres—1.25-inch polystyrene balls containing potassium permanganate—designed for aerial ignition in controlled burning operations and wildfire prevention across federal lands. Fire Ignition Resources also manufactures Premo Mark III Plastic Sphere Dispenser (PSD) machines and related equipment. Representative work includes a $208,401 delivery order from the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) awarded June 16, 2026, for 507 cases of Premo Fireballs (1,000 spheres per case at $395 per case); a $34,310 total small business set-aside purchase order from the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region for 80,000 aerial ignition devices (NFES 003411); and a $145,025 resupply order from the U.S. Forest Service Region 8 for aerial ignition devices supporting hazardous fuels reduction at Angelina Road in Texas.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward the U.S. Forest Service and affiliated federal fire management agencies. The top five customer organizations account for 85% of recent awards by count. The National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollars: eight awards carry $10.6 million in combined potential value, including the vendor's single-award IDIQ awarded May 5, 2026, with a $7.5 million ceiling running through December 31, 2030. The Forest Service Southern Region (R8) dominates order volume with 58 awards totaling $2.6 million potential value, followed by the Southwestern Region (R3) with 12 awards valued at $1.1 million. The vendor has also served the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Department of Defense (Army and DoD Southeast Region), and smaller orders from the Bureau of Land Management.

Fire Ignition Resources holds two significant indefinite delivery vehicles. The primary vehicle is a $2 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (1202SC21T2708) with NIFC, established August 9, 2021, and running through January 31, 2026, against which six task orders have been issued for approximately $1.3 million combined potential value. The second is a $250,000 single-award BPA with the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 for the TX-Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, awarded June 27, 2023, and extending through June 29, 2028. The newer IDIQ awarded May 5, 2026 ($7.5 million ceiling, base plus four option years), positions Fire Ignition Resources as the pre-qualified supplier for Premo Fireballs to NIFC through December 2030. The first delivery order under this IDIQ was issued immediately (June 16, 2026, for $208,401).

Activity has remained steady with 19 awards in 2022, declining to 6 in 2025 and 7 in 2026 year-to-date. The vendor faces minimal recompete pressure in the next twenty-four months: only two awards with ultimate completion dates before mid-2028 carry a combined potential value of $343,000. Category concentration is overwhelmingly concentrated in forestry support (56 awards) and pyrotechnic-related manufacturing and fire control equipment classifications (NAICS 332999, 483300, 332992; PSC codes for fire-fighting equipment, aircraft bombing fire control components, and pyrotechnics collectively account for 51 awards).