Thirteen Stripes Fire Suppression LLC

Thirteen Stripes Fire Suppression LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Caldwell, Idaho, operates as a prime contractor providing wildland fire suppression equipment, water handling services, and incident response personnel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service across western states. The company is certified as economically disadvantaged and self-certified as both a woman-owned small business and small disadvantaged business, competing predominantly under total small business set-asides on Forest Service IDIQs and delivery orders.

Thirteen Stripes' federal footprint is concentrated entirely within Forest Service wildland fire management and emergency response programs. The vendor holds two active indefinite delivery contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center: a $500,000 multiple-award contract for water handling services in Region 6 (Pacific Northwest) running through May 30, 2030, awarded February 6, 2026, and a $250,000 multiple-award contract covering water handling across Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 in the western states, awarded May 30, 2025 and running through May 30, 2030. An earlier $250,000 IDIQ with the same scope completed June 6, 2025. These vehicles are used to issue firm fixed-price delivery orders for equipment such as Engines Type 3–6, Support Water Tenders Type 1–3, and Tactical Water Tenders Type 1–2, along with transportation and personnel support. Representative delivery orders include a $144,855 order from Region 6 for fire suppression services and water handling (August 20, 2024), a $109,793 order from Region 6 (August 9, 2023), and a $69,930 order from Region 6 (July 19, 2024).

Customer concentration is entirely Forest Service, with Region 6 accounting for 6 awards and $451,000 in combined potential value, and the National Interagency Fire Center (the Forest Service's Fire and Aviation Management office) holding 3 awards valued at $1 million combined. The vendor's active work is anchored by two IDIQs (vehicle 1202SB22T8127 carries 7 task orders worth $472,000; vehicle 1204H126T7348 carries 1 task order worth $17,000). Total awards across all sources amount to $1.5 million in combined potential value, with $489,000 obligated to date (33% execution). Activity has been modest and uneven — three awards in 2022, three in 2023, two in 2024, one in 2025, and two in 2026 — with all work falling under NAICS 541512 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Thirteen Stripes operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no subcontract footprint in the source data.