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Incident Procurement

Welcome to the Incident Procurement website serving our interagency partners and current or potential vendors. Please click on one of the tab links provided above so we can help you find what you are looking for.

Find information about working with the Forest Service. If you're already a current Forest Service vendor, get information about the tools you need to use to manage your contracts.

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Equipment and Services Branch (ESB) *

Name Area Role E-Mail Phone
Jason Brandt Program Support Area ESB Branch Chief Jason Brandt (208) 387-5633
Kim Luft ESB EAST - Regions 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and National I-BPAs Supervisory CO Kim Luft (720) 467-8317
Nathan Sabo Regions 3, 5, 6 and 10 Supervisory Contract Specialist Nathan Sabo (541) 408-8754
Brandy Jiron Program Support Area ESB Procurement Analyst | VIPR Business Lead Brandy Jiron (307) 421-7942
Kirsten Donelson Program Support Area ESB Contract Coordinator Kirsten Donelson (503) 484-0108
Jeff Gardner Region 1 Team Lead Contract Specialist Jeff Gardner (406) 329-3779
Dana Bangart Region 1 Contract Specialist Dana Bangart (406) 552-9257
RaShauna Workman Region 2/4 Team Lead Contract Specialist RaShauna Workman (208) 296-8375
Randy Sadler Region 2/4 Contract Specialist Randy Sadler (970) 844-0563
Heather James Region 2/4 Purchasing Agent Heather James (406) 200-0374
Taylor Jones Region 2/4 Purchasing Agent Taylor Jones (303) 928-0298
Columbus Campbell Region 3 Team Lead Contract Specialist Columbus Campbell (480) 276-9568
TBD Region 3 Purchasing Agent TBD TBD
Lydia Moore-Ward Region 5 Team Lead Contract Specialist Lydia Moore-Ward (626) 201-4904
Craig Ericson Region 5 Contract Specialist Craig Ericson (530) 559-6264
Eric Rusch Region 5 Purchasing Agent Eric Rusch (707) 373-5326
Ruby Knight Region 5 Purchasing Agent Ruby Knight (279) 234-3756
Nathan Stampke Region 6 Team Lead Contract Specialist Nathan Stampke (458) 231-1180
Linda Neely Region 6 Contract Specialist Linda Neely (458) 256-7465
Chase Knight Region 6 Purchasing Agent Chase Knight (458) 218-2120
Tracy Lisius Region 6 Purchasing Agent Tracy Lisius (541) 604-9267
Ryan Ellers Region 6 Purchasing Agent Ryan Ellers (458) 218-2770
Briana Chalmers Region 8/9 Purchasing Agent Briana Chalmers (803) 561-4017
Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry		 Region 10 Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry		 Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources
Division of Forestry		 (907) 269-8400
Shane Thao National Equipment Rental Vehicle (NERV) NERV Lead Contract Coordinator Shane Thao (406) 329-3582
Celina Cash National Equipment Rental Vehicle (NERV) NERV Contract Coordinator Celina Cash (505) 563-7510
Jennifer Travis National Equipment Rental Vehicle (NERV) NERV Contract Coordinator Jennifer Travis (970) 373-7170

* NOTE: Contracted equipment for incident support is managed by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry.

Regional Sites

Name URL
Region 1 - Northern Rockies https://gacc.nifc.gov/nrcc/nrcg/
Region 2 - Rocky Mountain https://gacc.nifc.gov/rmcc/incident_busn_management.php
Region 4 - Great Basin https://gacc.nifc.gov/gbcc/business.php
Region 5 - Pacific Southwest (California) https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/fire-aviation/management/
Region 6 - Pacific Northwest https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/fire-aviation/
Region 9 - Eastern https://gacc.nifc.gov/eacc/management_admin/incident_business/incident_business.htm

Virtual Incident Procurement System (VIPR) Team

Name Role E-Mail
Interagency Incident Applications Helpdesk (including VIPR) Vendor / CO Assistance with Using VIPR 866-224-7677, Option 3 or email the helpdesk
Jason Brandt Branch Chief, ESB Jason Brandt
Brandy Jiron VIPR Technical/Business Lead Brandy Jiron
Scott Barber VIPR Technical Team Project Manager Scott Barber

Contract Operations Specialists

Location Name Cell Phone E-Mail
WO-FAM - National Agreements Ron George 541-604-6988 Ron George
Region 1 - Northern Rockies Ryan Patrick 406-829-7372 Ryan Patrick
  Chris Loraas 406-370-4160 Chris Loraas
Region 2 - Rocky Mountain Scott Sugg 303-941-2779 Scott Sugg
Region 3 - Southwest Chris Niccoli 505-414-4046 Chris Niccoli
Region 4 - Great Basin Cathy Baird 208-866-7291 Cathy Baird
  Michael (Ryan) Green 208-871-7217 Michael (Ryan) Green
Region 5 - Northern/Southern California Cheryl Raines 760-920-1107 Cheryl Raines
Region 6 - Northwest Kevin Toombs 541-419-7039 Kevin Toombs
  Aaron Olmos 541-610-3674 Aaron Olmos
Region 8 - Southern Terry Eller 828-779-2081 Terry Eller
Region 9 - Eastern Persephone Whelan 414-312-3357 Persephone Whelan
  Terry Walter 414-207-5259 Terry Walter

Incident Procurement Policy

Name Role E-Mail
Jamie Wade Procurement Analyst Jamie Wade

EaV - (FS Internal Only)

Name Role E-Mail
Jason Brandt Branch Chief, ESB Jason Brandt
Brandy Jiron Project Manager Brandy Jiron

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