Paramedics Unlimited, LLC

Paramedics Unlimited, LLC, doing business as Medical Education, is a veteran-owned small business based in Phoenix, Arizona, that provides emergency medical services, paramedic and EMT personnel, medical support units, ambulances, rescue vehicles, and utility terrain vehicles to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively — the vendor holds 133 awards across all federal sources with no subcontract footprint.

Paramedics Unlimited operates entirely within the federal wildland firefighting and incident response ecosystem. The company's capability portfolio centers on standby paramedic and emergency medical technician services, advanced and basic life support ambulance transport, mobile medical units, rapid extraction support modules, and specialized emergency medical equipment and vehicles. Representative work includes a $10.7 million purchase order for EMT services issued by the National Interagency Fire Center in September 2021 to support the Incident Management program across multiple regions, a $492,434 firm fixed-price purchase order from the Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region in May 2022 for rescue and medical services supporting the Calf Canyon wildfire, a $250,000 IDC awarded in June 2023 by the National Interagency Fire Center for emergency medical responder services across 13 national regions through June 2028, and a $7.5 million blanket purchase agreement awarded in May 2022 for mobile fire incident COVID-19 testing services through May 2027.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward Forest Service regional operations. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors the dollars — 11 awards worth $20.1 million combined potential value — while the Forest Service R3-Southwestern Region leads by award count with 59 awards valued at $6 million combined. Together these two entities represent 96% of the vendor's combined potential value. The Forest Service R6-Pacific Northwest Region follows with 20 awards ($1.9 million), and regional Fire and Aviation Management offices in R5-Pacific Southwest and other regions round out the active customer set. This concentration reflects Paramedics Unlimited's role as a critical contractor for on-call emergency medical resources during Western wildfire season.

Paramedics Unlimited holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements anchoring its work with the National Interagency Fire Center. Two primary IDCs — one for emergency medical responder services and one for advanced and basic life support ambulance services, both awarded in February 2026 with $250,000 and $500,000 ceilings respectively and running through June 2028 — carry small business set-aside designation and enable rapid task order calls for emergency medical personnel and equipment across Region 13 nationwide. An earlier generation of IDCs awarded in June 2023 carried the same structure and scope, with six task orders totaling $164 thousand and four task orders totaling $228 thousand placed under those vehicles.

Activity has been steady with seasonal peaks aligned to Western wildfire operations. The vendor recorded 13 awards each in 2022, 2023, and 2024, then dropped to 2 awards in 2025 and 3 in 2026 — a deceleration likely reflecting the migration of work to the newer February 2026 IDCs, which carry higher ceilings ($250,000 to $500,000 per vehicle versus earlier $250,000 caps). Combined potential value across all 133 awards totals $30.8 million, with $21.8 million obligated (71% of potential), indicating the vendor has invoiced against the majority of its available ceiling across the portfolio. The work is categorized under NAICS 333618 (Support Activities for Forestry), with secondary presence in ambulance services (NAICS 621910), and predominantly coded to PSC Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (92 awards). No set-aside designation appears on the individual purchase orders and delivery orders in the source; all appear to compete full-and-open, though the IDCs themselves carry Total Small Business set-aside status.