Flamecatchers, LLC

Flamecatchers, LLC, doing business as Piersol's Flamecatchers, is a small business sole proprietorship based in Richfield, Idaho, that provides wildland fire equipment, services, and personnel to federal agencies as a prime contractor exclusively. The vendor competes entirely in full-and-open (non-set-aside) procurements at the prime level, though it holds multiple Total Small Business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts through the Forest Service's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system that serve as parent vehicles for task order issuance. The company is owned by Robert Piersol and specializes in wildland fire suppression and emergency response support, operating across the western United States with regional concentration in the Intermountain Region.

The vendor's capability portfolio centers on specialized wildland fire equipment and trained personnel: flamecatchers, water tenders (Type 1 and tactical variants), Type 4 and Type 6 fire engines, service trucks with mechanics, heavy equipment (dozers, excavators, tractor plows), water handling and transportation services with driver support, and vegetation management. Recent representative work includes a $198 thousand firm fixed-price delivery order from the Forest Service's Intermountain Region for wildland fire equipment and services (August 2025), a $123.7 thousand delivery order for the same scope (July 2025), and a $75 thousand purchase order from the Idaho Region for a Type 1 water tender (June 2025). The company also fulfilled $44 thousand and $45.1 thousand Total Small Business set-aside delivery orders with the Intermountain Region in June 2026. Contract values historically range from $4,000 to $198 thousand across over 30 years of federal engagement, though the award record in the source spans from 2004 forward with heavy concentration in 2022–2026.

Customer concentration sits with the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across multiple regional and functional components. The top five customer entities account for 82 percent of recent awards by count and 83 percent by combined potential value. The Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center leads by dollar volume ($3.5 million across 35 awards), while the Forest Service R4-Intermountain Region leads by award count (41 awards, $2.1 million). The Rocky Mountain Research Station ($902 thousand), Washington Office Acquisitions ($754 thousand), and the Bureau of Land Management Idaho Region ($368 thousand) round out the primary customer set. All work is routed through Department of Agriculture Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management agencies, with no Department of Defense, civilian IT, or other non-natural-resources customer engagement.

Flamecatchers, LLC holds five Indefinite Delivery Contracts through the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), each with a $250 thousand ceiling and performance periods through 2025–2030. These vehicles span water handling services for East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 9); heavy equipment for East Zone; vehicle with driver for Region 4 only; mechanic with service truck for East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4); and vehicle with driver for Region 4 exclusively. The vendor also operates under multiple Forest Service VIPR I-BPA (Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement) vehicles: water handling for East Zone (36 task orders, $1.5 million), mechanic with service truck for East Zone (29 task orders, $1 million), heavy equipment for East Zone (26 task orders, $725 thousand), and vehicle with driver for Region 4 (15 task orders, $590 thousand). These parent vehicles enable task order issuance without full competition and account for the majority of the vendor's recent workload.

Activity shows growth from 20 awards in 2022 to peak year 2024–2025 with 29 awards each year; 2026 data is incomplete (7 awards through late June). Combined potential value across 170 prime awards totals $9.3 million, with $6.2 million obligated (66 percent). Award portfolio composition is heavily concentrated: 145 of 170 awards (85 percent) fall under NAICS 541710 (Support Activities for Forestry), and 153 awards (90 percent) carry PSC code 3730 (Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression). The vendor competes solely as a prime contractor; zero subcontract awards appear in the source. The company maintains no teaming partnerships or subcontractor engagements documented in the federal award record — all work is performed directly by Flamecatchers, LLC under firm fixed-price contracting mechanisms through federal agencies in the Department of Agriculture and Department of the Interior.