National Wildland Fire, LLC

National Wildland Fire, LLC operates exclusively as a prime contractor providing wildland fire suppression, water handling equipment, trained personnel, and incident management support to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regions under total small business set-aside Virtual Incident Procurement Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (VIPR I-BPA) vehicles. The vendor is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation sole proprietorship headquartered in Aztec, New Mexico, classified as a small business, competing entirely under small business set-asides across its federal footprint.

National Wildland Fire's capability portfolio is narrowly specialized around wildland fire suppression resources. The company operates its own fleet of Type 3, Type 4, and Type 6 firefighting engines; water handling equipment including water tenders; and trained, certified operational personnel to support local, regional, and nationwide fire suppression and all-hazard emergency response. Concrete work includes delivery orders from Forest Service Region 2 (Rocky Mountain Region) valued at $55,083 for wildland fire suppression and management services in Price, Utah (August 28, 2026); a $93,165 Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) award for suppression and management services in Willows, California (August 10, 2026); and a $296,000 Region 5 delivery order for comprehensive wildland fire management services in Eureka, California with October 1, 2025 completion (August 4, 2025). All work is performed in-house with no subcontractor relationships; the vendor maintains exclusive control over its equipment and personnel resources.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Forest Service regional offices and the National Interagency Fire Center. The top five funding entities account for 81% of awards: the Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center leads by potential value at $4.3 million across 54 awards, followed by the Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region (52 awards, $3.3 million), Rocky Mountain Region (76 awards, $3.1 million), Southwestern Region (34 awards, $1.8 million), and the Intermountain Region (14 awards, $930 thousand). The concentration by award count differs slightly from the concentration by dollar value—the Rocky Mountain Region places the highest volume (76 awards) but ranks third in potential value, signaling smaller per-order magnitude in that region compared to the National Interagency Fire Center's larger task orders. Across 13 distinct customer agencies, the Forest Service family dominates the portfolio.

National Wildland Fire holds seven primary VIPR I-BPA Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, all designated as total small business set-asides: four contracts awarded February 6, 2026 (Regions 3 & 8 with $500,000 ceiling; Region 5 with $500,000 ceiling; East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, & 9 with $500,000 ceiling) running through 2030; one contract awarded June 4, 2025 for Region 5 with a $250,000 ceiling through June 4, 2030; one contract awarded May 30, 2025 for East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, & 9 with $250,000 ceiling through May 30, 2030; one contract awarded May 6, 2025 for Regions 3 & 8 with $250,000 ceiling through May 6, 2030; and two earlier VIPR I-BPA contracts awarded June 2022 covering the West Zone (Regions 3, 5, 6, & 10) and East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, & 9), each with $250,000 ceilings. The top five parent vehicles collectively carry 177 task orders worth $8.6 million. Within these vehicles, delivery orders are issued seasonally during peak fire seasons, with individual awards ranging from under $5,000 to $296,000, tied to immediate wildfire response and suppression needs across geographically dispersed Forest Service regions.

Activity has remained relatively stable year over year—40 awards in 2022, 30 in 2023, 39 in 2024, 34 in 2025, and 33 through August 2026—with 293 total prime awards since 2006 carrying $16.6 million in combined potential value and $13.1 million obligated (79% execution rate). The seasonal pattern is pronounced: task orders spike during June through September fire seasons and taper sharply in off-season months. No recompete cliff is apparent from the source; the vendor's VIPR I-BPA vehicles have staggered expiration dates between May 2025 and June 2030, with the newer February 2026 awards anchoring the portfolio through 2030. The vendor competes exclusively under total small business set-asides, with 288 of 293 awards classified under NAICS 541712 (Support Activities for Forestry) and 261 under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. No federal grant work, sub-contracting, or teaming relationships appear in the source. National Wildland Fire's federal footprint centers entirely on wildland fire resource procurement through pre-positioned VIPR I-BPA vehicles, enabling rapid deployment of engines, water handling equipment, and personnel to Forest Service regions during peak fire seasons across the western United States.