Mad Plume Fire Company LLC

Mad Plume Fire Company LLC, a Native American-owned and minority-owned limited liability partnership based in Browning, Montana, provides water handling equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel for wildfire suppression and all-hazard incident response to the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of the Interior as a prime contractor competing predominantly under total small business set-asides.

The vendor's award footprint is concentrated in fire and emergency response, with five recent prime awards totaling $875 thousand in combined potential value. The largest customer is the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center, which accounts for two awards carrying $750 thousand in combined potential value. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service R9-Eastern Region, the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region, and the Department of Agriculture Forest Service R1-Northern Region account for the remaining three awards. All five awards are prime contracts; Mad Plume has no subcontractor role in the source data. Four of the five awards fall under Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS), with four tracked under the Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression PSC and one under Fire Fighting Equipment.

Mad Plume holds two indefinite delivery contracts issued by the National Interagency Fire Center. The primary vehicle is a multiple-award indefinite delivery contract for water handling services supporting East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9, with a $500 thousand ceiling running through May 30, 2030, awarded February 6, 2026, as a total small business set-aside. The second is a Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement for the same regions with a $250 thousand ceiling, also awarded May 30, 2025, as a total small business set-aside. Representative delivery orders include a $72.2 thousand firm fixed price order from USDA Forest Service R9-Eastern Region on July 22, 2026, for water handling support in Duluth, Minnesota, completing August 9, 2026; a $30.4 thousand purchase order from the Department of the Interior Idaho Region on June 1, 2025, for an engine, completing October 31, 2025; and a $22.8 thousand delivery order from USDA Forest Service R1-Northern Region on August 23, 2025, for performance in Missoula, Montana. Combined dollars obligated stand at $125 thousand, or 14% of combined potential value, reflecting nascent utilization of the IDIQ vehicles.