Flashback Fire

Flashback Fire, a self-certified small disadvantaged business and limited liability partnership headquartered in Joseph, Oregon, supplies wildland fire services and equipment to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides. The vendor operates 100 percent as a prime across 88 recent awards spanning wildland fire suppression, water handling, firefighting engines, and personnel support for federal fire management and emergency response.

Flashback Fire's customer base is concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service's regional and national operations. The top five funding entities account for 84 percent of awards by count and 89 percent by combined potential value: the Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center (11 awards, $2.5 million combined potential value), Region 6 Pacific Northwest Region (42 awards, $1.7 million), Region 4 Intermountain Region (12 awards, $689 thousand), the agency's general contracting office (6 awards, $270 thousand), and Region 5 Pacific Southwest Region (3 awards, $158 thousand). The vendor's award footprint is entirely dependent on Forest Service purchasing; no other federal agencies appear in the source data.

Flashback Fire holds a portfolio of multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts under which it receives delivery orders and blanket purchase agreement calls. The top five parent vehicles carry 57 task orders: Blanket Purchase Agreement AG04H1B167225 (15 task orders, $442 thousand combined potential value), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7794 (10 task orders, $475 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1204H119T7202 (10 task orders, $483 thousand), Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB22T7267 (7 task orders, $367 thousand), and Indefinite Delivery Contract 1202SB25T7701 (5 task orders, $273 thousand). More recent IDC awards include two National Interagency Fire Center contracts for water handling services in East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 ($500 thousand ceiling, awarded February 6, 2026, through May 30, 2030) and Region 6 Pacific Northwest ($750 thousand ceiling, awarded February 6, 2026, through May 29, 2030), both under total small business set-asides.

Recent representative work includes a $80 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 (August 16, 2026) for wildland fire services and equipment at Sandy, Oregon; a $73.1 thousand order from Region 4 (July 2, 2026) for water handling services in Price, Utah; a $64.5 thousand order from Region 4 (July 3, 2026) for wildland fire services and equipment in Price, Utah; and three purchase orders from the Idaho Region (June 1, 2025) for Type 4 wildland fire engines valued at $31.5 thousand, $22.5 thousand, and $22.5 thousand, respectively, performed in Boise with completion through October 31, 2025. The vendor's NAICS concentration is 87 support activities for forestry; PSC concentration spans natural resources and conservation forest-range fire suppression (77 awards), miscellaneous fire control equipment (4 awards), fire fighting equipment (3 awards), and lease or rental of fire control equipment (3 awards).

Activity has grown from nine awards in 2022 to twelve in 2026 year-to-date, with the most recent award dated August 28, 2026. Combined potential value across all 88 awards is $6 million, with $3.2 million obligated to date (54 percent). All awards are priced firm fixed-price and executed under total small business set-asides. Flashback Fire competes exclusively in the set-aside category; no full-and-open awards appear in the source data.