Western Fire Resources, LLC

Western Fire Resources, LLC, a small business based in Canadian, Texas, provides wildland fire management equipment and services—including Type 6 fire engines, water handling services, weed washing units, and operational support for fire suppression and incident response—exclusively to the U.S. Forest Service as a prime contractor. The vendor competes entirely under small business set-aside vehicles; all 67 awards in the recent portfolio are set-aside or small business BPA contracts under the Virtual Incident Procurement system.

Western Fire Resources operates as a sole proprietorship (for-profit limited liability company) with a customer base concentrated entirely within the Department of Agriculture Forest Service across eight regional and national offices. The top five customer entities account for 94% of awards: the Forest Service's Southwestern Region (Region 3) leads with 30 awards valued at $1.4 million combined potential value, followed by the National Interagency Fire Center with 13 awards at $1.4 million, the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) with 10 awards at $694 thousand, the Rocky Mountain Region (Region 2) with 2 awards at $297 thousand, and the general Forest Service organization with 8 awards at $153 thousand. The two rankings track closely — the Southwestern Region dominates both volume and dollars — with no material tension between award count and potential value. Recent representative work includes a $36,325.76 delivery order from Forest Service Region 3 on June 24, 2026, for wildland fire management resources in Santa Fe, New Mexico; a $130,714.44 delivery order from Region 5 in September 2024 for fire suppression resources in California; and a $79,741.80 purchase order from the Idaho Region in June 2025 for a Type 6 fire engine.

Western Fire Resources holds three primary small business set-aside Indefinite Delivery Contracts with the National Interagency Fire Center, each valued at $250,000, running through May 2025 to May 2030. The top three parent vehicles account for 60 task orders and $2.6 million in combined potential value: IDC 1202SB22T8165 (water handling for the West Zone, Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10) carries 39 task orders at $1.8 million potential value; IDC 1202SB25T7265 (water handling for Regions 3 and 8) carries 11 task orders at $351 thousand; and IDC 12837119T7070 (weed washing units for the East Zone, Regions 1, 2, and 4) carries 10 task orders at $427 thousand. These BPAs are delivered through the Virtual Incident Procurement system and enable the Forest Service to rapidly procure firefighting resources during active fire seasons, with rates reviewed and adjusted annually and eligible end-users including the National Park Service and Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Award activity peaked in 2022 with 18 awards, declined to 7 in 2024, and recovered to 11 in 2025; through mid-2026, 5 awards have been placed. Combined potential value across all 67 awards is $4.2 million, with $2.7 million obligated (64% realization). The vendor is entirely a prime contractor — no subcontract work appears in the source — and does not hold positions on government-wide acquisition contracts, GSA schedules, or agency IDIQs outside the Forest Service. Primary NAICS 541719 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC code RRSUP (Natural Resources/Conservation — Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression) align tightly with the consolidated wildland fire mission. The narrow customer and capability focus reflects a specialized contractor model: Western Fire Resources competes on speed of deployment, equipment availability (particularly Type 6 engines), and regional dispatch proximity rather than on breadth of service or technical complexity.

Type 6 Wildland Fire Engine

Type 1 Weed Washing Unit