Paula Holter

Paula Holter Paula Holter Division, doing business as MT Adams Wild Fire, is a woman-owned small business sole proprietorship based in Georgetown, California, that supplies wildland fire suppression equipment, personnel, and incident response services to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and interagency fire partners as a prime contractor on full-and-open and set-aside delivery orders. The company is an economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business competing predominantly under Total Small Business set-aside IDCs and full-and-open delivery orders issued against those vehicles.

MT Adams Wild Fire operates a fleet of Type 3 and Type 6 fire engines, water-handling equipment (tenders Types 1, 2, and 3), trained and certified firefighting personnel, and incident response vehicles. The company holds two active IDCs with the Forest Service: a $250,000 total small business set-aside IDC for water handling services and support specific to Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) awarded June 4, 2025, and a $750,000 total small business set-aside IDC awarded June 6, 2022, covering water handling and incident response services across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 in the western United States. Work is performed across multiple geographic regions, primarily California, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Washington, Idaho, and other western states during fire season. A third vehicle, a $500,000 total small business set-aside IDC awarded February 6, 2026 through the National Interagency Fire Center, covers Region 5 water handling services through June 4, 2030.

Customer concentration is nearly total with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top three funding entities account for 97 percent of recent awards by combined potential value: Forest Service Region 5–Pacific Southwest Region (158 awards, $7.3 million), Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Federal Fire and Aviation Management (75 awards, $2.8 million), and the National Interagency Fire Center (36 awards, $2.3 million). All 300 awards in the source data are prime awards; the vendor operates as a sole proprietor without subcontractors.

Recent representative work includes a $166,458.67 delivery order from Forest Service Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region awarded August 16, 2026, for water handling services and incident response in Wenatchee, Washington; a $42,400 delivery order from Region 5 issued September 1, 2026, for wildland fire suppression in Solvang, California; and a $60,000 delivery order from Region 2–Rocky Mountain Region awarded July 30, 2026, for wildland fire suppression and incident response in Durango, Colorado. The company also holds purchase orders for delivery of Type 3 fire engines to the Idaho Region ($26,441.90 and $37,657.72 awarded June 1, 2025).

Activity has declined in recent years. The vendor received 52 awards in 2022, 33 in 2023, 37 in 2024, 23 in 2025, and 6 in 2026 through September. Combined potential value across all 300 awards is $13.9 million, with $12.3 million obligated (88 percent realization). The vendor's footprint is narrowly concentrated in 298 awards under PSC 99 (Natural Resources / Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression / Presuppression) and 2 awards for fire-fighting equipment; 300 awards fall under NAICS 115310 (Support Activities for Forestry). The vendor has maintained federal contracting engagement with the Forest Service since at least June 2013.