Second Star, LLC

Second Star, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Canby, Oregon, operates exclusively as a prime contractor supplying water handling equipment and staffed wildland fire suppression resources under federal small-business set-asides. The company delivers specialized incident response capability across the Pacific Northwest, including fire engines (Types 3–6), support water tenders (Types 1–3), and tactical water tenders (Types 1–2), with personnel available for up to sixteen-hour daily shifts at time of dispatch.

All five awards in Second Star's recent footprint flow from the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center, concentrated in wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across USFS Region 6 (Pacific Northwest). The National Interagency Fire Center accounts for $750 thousand in combined potential value across two multiple-award indefinite-delivery contracts awarded February 6, 2026 and May 30, 2025, each with ceilings of $500 thousand and $250 thousand respectively and a period of performance through May 30, 2030. USFS Region 6–Pacific Northwest Region holds two additional awards ($127 thousand combined potential value), including a $105.8 thousand delivery order awarded September 2, 2025 under an IDIQ (ORWIF250322), and a $20.9 thousand delivery order under an Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement awarded August 8, 2026. The Forest Service also issued a $40 thousand small-business-set-aside delivery order on August 16, 2026 for wildland fire suppression resources and personnel in the Pacific Northwest, with place of performance at Fossil, Oregon and ultimate completion August 23, 2026.

Second Star's activity reflects early-stage federal engagement: two awards in 2025 and three in 2026, with $917 thousand in combined potential value and only $167 thousand obligated to date (18% of ceiling). All work operates under firm fixed-price arrangements with task-order-specific rates determined at time of dispatch. The company competes exclusively under total small business set-asides and performs regionally through Forest Service Region 6 operations infrastructure, with no subcontract footprint or vehicle positions outside the two Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements and the single IDIQ held with the National Interagency Fire Center.