Western Fires, Inc.

Western Fires, Inc., a Native American-owned and minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Yoncalla, Oregon, provides water handling equipment, engines, tenders, pumps, hoses, and trained personnel for wildland fire suppression, preparedness, and incident response across U.S. Forest Service regions as a prime contractor operating exclusively under small business set-asides and full-and-open competition.

Western Fires holds three active IDCs with the Forest Service's National Interagency Fire Center and Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) for water handling services. The largest is a $500,000 multiple-award IDC awarded February 6, 2026, running through May 30, 2030, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and covering water handling equipment and personnel for Pacific Northwest Region incident response. Two prior IDCs — one for $250,000 awarded May 30, 2025, and another for $250,000 awarded June 7, 2022 — similarly provide water tenders and support across Forest Service Regions 3, 5, 6, and 10 under the Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) I-BPA for Water Handling structure. Against these vehicles, Western Fires issued 13 task orders under one BPA carrying $169 thousand in combined potential value, 12 task orders under an IDC with $231 thousand, 9 task orders under another IDC with $92 thousand, 5 task orders under a second BPA with $115 thousand, and 4 task orders under a third BPA with $82 thousand.

Customer concentration is sharp and singular. The Department of Agriculture Forest Service Region 6 (Pacific Northwest Region) accounts for 45 awards (96% coverage) and $1.1 million combined potential value; the Fire and Aviation Management National Interagency Fire Center holds 6 awards and $1 million in combined potential value. Delivery order values range from $6,360 to $38,387, with recent work including a $14,416 order issued August 19, 2026, for water tenders and trained personnel serving Region 6, a $30,042 order from July 25, 2026, and a $38,387 order from August 26, 2025, all for water handling support in fire response operations. Place of performance spans the Pacific Northwest Region, with primary operations in Yoncalla, Roseburg, and Vancouver, Oregon and Washington.

Activity over the past five years shows modest but consistent volume — five awards in 2022, three in 2023, five in 2024, two in 2025, and three in 2026 — with combined potential value of $2.2 million and obligated dollars of $811 thousand (37% of potential value). Western Fires is categorized exclusively under NAICS 332 (Support Activities for Forestry) and PSC Natural Resources/Conservation – Forest-Range Fire Suppression/Presuppression. The vendor operates as a pure prime; no subcontract work appears in the source. All awards are delivered in the Pacific Northwest, with no geographic diversification across federal customers or regions beyond Forest Service assignments.