Flashover LLC

Flashover LLC, operating through its Aqua Force division and headquartered in La Grande, Oregon, supplies wildland firefighting equipment, water handling services, and personnel support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor under total small business set-asides. The for-profit limited liability company competes exclusively in set-aside vehicles and holds multiple five-year indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center covering Forest Service Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10.

Flashover LLC's federal footprint centers on a narrow but deep customer base. The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) dominates activity, accounting for 67 of the vendor's 117 prime awards and $3 million of the $5.1 million combined potential value across all awards. The National Interagency Fire Center's Fire and Aviation Management program contributes 15 awards worth $1.4 million. The Bureau of Land Management (Oregon-Washington) and BLM Idaho Region together account for 22 awards and $262 thousand. This concentration—the top customer alone represents 57% of awards and 59% of potential value—reflects a vendor whose market is essentially tethered to a single agency's regional operations and fire season tempo. Across all federal work, Flashover LLC has obligated $3.6 million against potential value of $5.1 million (71% realization rate).

Capability delivery is concrete and specialized. Flashover supplies Type 3, 4, 5, and 6 fire engines; support water tenders in Types 1, 2, and 3; tactical water tenders; and associated equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, lodging, and personnel support for wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response. Recent representative work includes a $109.2 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from Forest Service Region 6 on August 24, 2026, for firefighting equipment and services in Pendleton, Oregon; a $196.9 thousand delivery order from the same region on July 16, 2026, for water handling equipment and firefighting assets in Baker City, Oregon; and a $74.25 thousand delivery order on July 22, 2026, for water handling equipment and fire engines in Pendleton. Award dates cluster around peak fire season (July through September annually), with six recent awards issued in August 2026 alone, reflecting the vendor's role as a surge-capacity provider mobilized for incident response.

Flashover holds three active indefinite delivery contracts, all total small business set-asides through the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500 thousand IDC for Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 29, 2030; a $250 thousand IDC covering Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 awarded May 29, 2025, also running through May 29, 2030; and a $250 thousand IDC for Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 awarded June 2, 2022, expiring June 6, 2025. Delivery orders against these vehicles dominate the award count. The top five parent vehicles—all IDCs and one blanket purchase agreement—account for 74 task orders with combined potential value of $2.8 million. The source indicates Flashover has maintained a contracting relationship with the Forest Service dating to at least 2004, suggesting sustained incumbency in fire-equipment procurement.

Activity has been volatile. The vendor recorded 15 awards in 2022, dropped to 2 in 2023, returned to 10 in 2024, then 7 in 2025, and 12 in 2026. This pattern tracks fire season intensity and agency funding availability rather than steady demand. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime (100% of awards); no subcontract footprint is present in the source. Work is performed across wildland areas in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California, and New Mexico, with place-of-performance concentrations in Pendleton, Oregon; Baker City, Oregon; Wenatchee, Washington; and Lakeview, Oregon—all sites in or adjacent to high-fire-risk regions. NAICS categorization reflects the service delivery model: Support Activities for Forestry dominates at 101 awards, with secondary activity in equipment rental and leasing (16 combined awards across motor vehicle and miscellaneous rental categories). PSC code clustering shows 95 awards under Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression, with secondary codes for equipment lease or rental.