Smoke Signals Fire Control LLC

Smoke Signals Fire Control LLC, a Native American-owned small disadvantaged business based in Charlo, Montana, provides fire control services, water handling equipment, and emergency response support to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor exclusively under total small business set-asides and unrestricted full-and-open delivery orders. The vendor is registered as an Indian Economic Enterprise and Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise; all fourteen awards in the source are prime contracts or Indefinite Delivery Contracts, with no subcontract footprint.

Smoke Signals Fire Control's customer base is entirely concentrated within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The top three funding sub-entities — the National Interagency Fire Center (three awards, $1 million combined potential value), Region 1–Northern Region (eight awards, $538 thousand), and the broader Forest Service organization (three awards, $265 thousand) — account for 100% of recent awards. The vendor's award portfolio centers on two foundational IDC vehicles and multiple delivery orders issued against them: a $500,000 multiple-award IDC for water handling services across East Zone Regions 1, 2, 4, and 9 (awarded February 6, 2026, ultimate completion May 30, 2030); a $250,000 multiple-award IDC for the same regions (awarded May 30, 2025, ultimate completion May 30, 2030); and a legacy $250,000 multiple-award IDC (awarded June 2, 2022, ultimate completion May 30, 2025). Against these vehicles, the vendor has executed delivery orders ranging from $10,550 to $214,670 for water handling equipment, fire suppression materials, supplies, transportation, and trained personnel supporting wildland fire suppression and all-hazard incident response across Forest Service regions. Representative recent awards include a $100,594 delivery order for fire control services in Dillon, Montana (September 2, 2026), a $126,600 delivery order in Fossil, Oregon (July 27, 2026), and a $92,950 delivery order also in Fossil, Oregon (July 30, 2026) — all issued under total small business set-asides or unrestricted competition.

Activity has trended upward, from two awards in 2022 to six awards in 2026 year-to-date. Three IDCs expire or have recently expired through May 30, 2025–2030, representing on-call procurement mechanisms rather than fixed recompete cliffs. The vendor's NAICS footprint is concentrated in Support Activities for Forestry (NAICS 113310), and all work carries the PSC code for Natural Resources/Conservation—Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. Smoke Signals Fire Control holds no parent vehicles itself and competes exclusively through Forest Service regional procurement channels and the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) system for Incident Blanket Purchase Agreements.