Tri-State Fire LLC

Tri-State Fire LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Carson City, Nevada, supplies wildland fire suppression equipment and personnel to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and affiliated federal fire-management agencies exclusively as a prime contractor. The company is a subsidiary of Tri-State Fire Inc., a minority-owned and Native American-owned parent entity, and operates as a limited liability company specializing in Type 1, 2, and 3 water tenders, Type 3 and 6 fire engines, and trained firefighting crews for deployment across Forest Service regions during active fire seasons and all-hazard incidents.

Customer concentration is heavily tilted toward the Forest Service's fire operations. The top five customers account for 79 percent of awards by count and 86 percent of combined potential value. The National Interagency Fire Center leads in dollars at $2.6 million across 27 awards, followed by Forest Service Region 5 (Pacific Southwest Region) at $1.9 million across 29 awards. Region 4 (Intermountain Region), Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region), and the Forest Service Research Service round out the active set. Unlike many small vendors, Tri-State Fire operates exclusively through prime awards with no subcontract footprint.

Tri-State Fire's contract vehicle posture centers on two strategic IDC platforms. The company holds five multiple-award indefinite delivery contracts under the National Interagency Fire Center's Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system, with combined ceilings reaching $1.75 million: contracts for East Zone (Regions 1, 2, 4, 9) water handling signed February 2026 and May 2025 at $500,000 each; Region 5 (Pacific Southwest) water handling at $500,000 (February 2026); and earlier East Zone contracts at $250,000 each (June 2022 and May 2025). These vehicles anchor roughly 89 of the 125 total awards. The top parent vehicle by task-order volume is IDC 1202SB22T7591 with 45 task orders valued at $1.8 million, followed by IDC 1284M819T7130 with 32 task orders at $1.5 million. These serve as the primary demand-generating mechanisms for delivery orders spanning $3,800 to $574,900.

Activity has tracked volatile but generally upward since the company's first award in May 2016. Years 2024 and 2025 saw peak volume at 21 and 22 awards respectively; 2026 has delivered 13 awards through August. Total awards across the source period reached 125 with combined potential value of $7.9 million and obligated dollars of $5.7 million (73 percent realization rate). Category concentration is absolute: 125 of 125 awards sit under NAICS Support Activities for Forestry, with 122 falling under PSC Natural Resources/Conservation–Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression and three under Fire Fighting Equipment.

Recent representative work includes a $574,938.78 delivery order from Forest Service Region 5 on July 4, 2025 for tactical water assets and personnel in Yreka, California; a $188,662.50 order from Region 6 on August 5, 2026 for water tenders and fire engines supporting Wenatchee, Washington operations; and a $131,209.20 Region 5 delivery order on August 15, 2024. The company also supplied multiple smaller purchase orders through the General Services Administration and Nevada Governor's Office of Grants & Awards GACC for Type 2 and Type 6 engines and tactical water tenders in June 2025, each valued between $8,500 and $48,925. All work is performed on a firm fixed-price basis under total small business set-aside designations where applied (predominant on the IDC vehicles) or unrestricted full-and-open where individual delivery orders do not carry set-aside tags.