The Hatchet Emergency Response Inc.

The Hatchet Emergency Response Inc., a small business based in Chico, California, provides water handling equipment and emergency response services for fire suppression and all-hazard incidents to the Department of Agriculture Forest Service as a prime contractor on federal indefinite delivery contracts. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime on Total Small Business set-aside vehicles and has not yet placed sub-work or received federal grants. All three recent awards stem from Forest Service fire management operations in Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region).

The vendor's customer base is concentrated entirely within Forest Service fire operations. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center anchors two awards with a combined potential value of $500 thousand, while the Forest Service R5-Pacific Southwest Region placed one delivery order valued at $79 thousand. The two rankings align completely — all awards flow to the same customer ecosystem across fire management and regional operations.

The Hatchet Emergency Response Inc. holds positions on two indefinite delivery contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) I-BPA program, each capped at $250 thousand and running through June 5, 2030. The first contract, awarded June 5, 2025, and the second, awarded February 6, 2026, both procure Type 3 and Type 6 fire engines and Support Water Tenders (Types 1, 2, and 3) with trained and certified personnel, equipment transportation, and lodging. A delivery order placed August 9, 2025, against the June 2025 contract vehicle generated $78,628.17 in obligated dollars for fire suppression services performed in Redding, California, with completion by August 23, 2025. The VIPR structure permits optional usage by interagency cooperators including the Department of Interior, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs under individual agency terms. Combined potential value across all awards stands at $579 thousand, with $79 thousand obligated to date (14% of ceiling). The vendor is recent to federal contracting, with all awards dated between June 2025 and February 2026.