ROY Ingraham

ROY Ingraham, doing business as Flame Chaser Association, is an American Indian-owned, minority-owned sole proprietorship based in Browning, Montana, that provides wildland fire suppression and water handling equipment rental services to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor is self-certified as a small disadvantaged business and competes 100% under set-aside vehicles, with all 44 awards in recent records classified as prime contracts or indefinite delivery contracts.

Flame Chaser Association's work centers on wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across multiple Forest Service regions in the western and interior United States. Capability delivery includes rental and deployment of type 6 wildland fire engines, water handling equipment, materials, and certified personnel capable of supporting up to 16-hour daily operational shifts. Representative recent work includes a $68,400 firm fixed-price delivery order from U.S. Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) issued August 16, 2026, for wildfire suppression services with performance in Wenatchee, Washington; a $167,200 delivery order from Region 6 issued July 23, 2024, for fire prevention and suppression across multiple regions; and a $64,600 delivery order from Region 6 issued July 25, 2026, for suppression services in Sandy, Oregon. The vendor also holds three active indefinite delivery contracts totaling $1 million in ceiling value with the National Interagency Fire Center for water handling equipment, materials, and personnel across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, with ultimate completion dates extending through May 2030.

Customer concentration is high and geographically dispersed across Forest Service organizational structures. The top five customer segments account for 98% of combined potential value, led by the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $1.2 million combined potential value) and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 1–Northern Region (18 awards, $740 thousand). Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region ranks third with five awards and $370 thousand, followed by Region 5–Pacific Southwest Region with two awards for $81 thousand. Activity has been episodic but recent — three awards in 2022, one in 2023, six in 2024, two in 2025, and five in 2026 — with total combined potential value of $2.5 million and obligated value of $1.1 million (45% realization). Flame Chaser Association places work exclusively against Forest Service indefinite delivery contracts and related Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements issued through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system. Top parent vehicles include IDC 12034319T7056 (10 task orders, $268 thousand), IDC 1202SB22T7526 (9 task orders, $416 thousand), and IDC 1202SB25T7703 (4 task orders, $177 thousand). The vendor holds no subcontractor relationships and does not sit on government-wide acquisition contracts, schedules, or multi-agency vehicles outside the Forest Service ecosystem.

We provide fire suppression equipment and fire fighting crews and support activities for forestry wild land fire fighting