Scotts Fire Service Inc.

Scotts Fire Service Inc., a small business for-profit Subchapter S corporation based in Dillon, Montana, provides wildland fire suppression equipment, heavy machinery, and operational fire personnel to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and interagency fire management partners as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards) across multiple Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements and indefinite delivery contracts designated as total small business set-asides.

Scotts Fire Service operates within the federal wildland fire response system as a specialized equipment and personnel provider. The company's portfolio centers on water handling services, heavy equipment with water capabilities (skidgines, pumper cats, water tenders), fire engines, and trained incident response personnel to support fire suppression, all-hazard incidents, and prescribed project work. Recent representative awards include a $108,184 Total Small Business delivery order from USDA Forest Service Region 1 in July 2026 for fire suppression services and equipment rentals, a $158,125 delivery order from Region 1 in July 2025, and a $109,275 delivery order from the Forest Service Region 3 (Southwestern Region) in June 2022. The company holds four active Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements through the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system with ceilings between $250,000 and $500,000, awarded by the National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service for water handling and heavy equipment resources across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, with completion dates extending through May 2030.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward wildland fire agencies. The top two funding customers account for 66% of all awards: USDA Forest Service Region 1 (Northern Region) holds 44 awards totaling $2.2 million combined potential value, and the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) holds 15 awards also totaling $2.2 million. Both rankings align closely — the same agencies dominate by volume and dollars — with supplementary engagement from the Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas ($90 thousand across three awards), FEMA Region 6 ($829 thousand), and the Forest Service Region 3 ($109 thousand). Across 103 awards spanning 1994 to July 2026, the company has obligated $3.8 million against a combined potential value of $6 million (63% obligation rate), concentrated almost entirely in NAICS 541330 (Support Activities for Forestry, 81 awards) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression (79 awards). Activity has remained episodic in recent years — seven awards in 2022 declining to two in 2023, then rebounding to five awards in 2025 and three in 2026 — reflecting seasonal wildland fire response demand cycles rather than sustained contract growth. Scotts Fire Service competes exclusively under total small business set-asides on its blanket purchase agreements and indefinite delivery vehicles, though individual delivery orders occasionally carry no set-aside designation.

Contract to private and government agencies for fire services, supress fire, perscribed burning,

fuel reduction.