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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.

  1. Equipment and Services Branch (ESB)
  2. Contract Operations Specialists
  3. MAP of Geographic Areas
  4. Incident Procurement Policy
  5. Regional Sites
  6. Virtual Incident Procurement (VIPR) System

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Equipment and Services Branch (ESB) *

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Jeff Gardner ESB Branch Chief Equipment and Services Branch 406-203-7098
Bryce Pitchford Contracting Officer Equipment and Services Branch 208-991-7639
Dana Price Contracting Officer Equipment and Services Branch 703-431-6656

National Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Tonya Campbell Superviory CO - National Zone National Zone 208-521-6835
Vacant Team Lead Contract Specialist National Zone  
Cristi Heaney Contract Specialist National Zone 406-599-3199
Vacant Contract Specialist National Zone
Jennifer Travis Contract Specialist National Zone 970-373-7170
Beth Fildes NERV Contract Coordinator National Zone 458-287-0888
Heather James Purchasing Agent National Zone 406-200-0374
Celina Cash Lead NERV Contract Coordinator National Zone 505-563-7510
Wes Devall NERV Contract Coordinator National Zone 520-310-5005
Lameshia Anderson NERV Contract Coordinator National Zone 601-209-6510
Beth Arsenault NERV Contract Coordinator National Zone 970-761-5707

East Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Dana Bangart Supervisory Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 406-552-9257
Vacant Team Lead Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9  
Taylor Jones Team Lead Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 303-928-0298
James Batty Team Lead Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 541-797-4794
Joseph Perkins Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 980-419-3768
Britta Wolsey Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 307-351-3413
Melissa Maestas Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 970-508-0603
Sonia Torres Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 575-654-4207
Vacant Contract Specialist East Zone Team Region 1, 2, 4, 8, 9  

West Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Rashauna Workman Supervisory Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 208-296-8375
Nathan Stampke Team Lead Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 458-231-1180
Craig Ericson Team Lead Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 530-559-6264
Vacant Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10  
Rakeem Bolden Team Lead Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10  
Briana Chalmers Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 803-497-5383
Charles Stuart Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 406-329-3562
Francoies Morman Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 770-362-9132
Vacant Contract Specialist West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10  
Eric Rusch Purchasing Agent West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 (707) 373-5326
Ruby Knight Purchasing Agent West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 (279) 234-3756
Ryan Ellers Purchasing Agent West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 (458) 218-2770
Sally Neale Purchasing Agent West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 (541) 576-9178
Larci Miller Purchasing Agent West Zone Team Region 3, 5, 6, 10 (360) 643-4946
https://dnr.alaska.gov/olas/   Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Forestry (907) 269-8400

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/r05/fire/management/incident-procurement
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
Kirsten Donelson VIPR Technical/Business Lead Kirsten Donelson

Contract Operations Specialists

Location Name Cell Phone E-Mail
WO-FAM - National Agreements Jeni Jeresek 406-593-8562 Jeni Jeresek
  Jill Leguineche 208-994-8791 Jill Leguineche
  Dale Newby 530-632-3471 Dale Newby
Region 1 - Northern Rockies Brian Webber 406-274-2102 Brian Webber
  Knute Olson 406-360-7851 Knute Olson
  Johnathan Perrin 406-210-5487 Johnathan Perrin
Region 2 - Rocky Mountain Adam Ziegler 605-517-9233 Adam Ziegler
Region 3 - Southwest J.R. Calkins 575-574-2442 J.R. Calkins
Region 4 - Great Basin Michael (Ryan) Green 208-270-1018 Michael (Ryan) Green
  Chris Jammerman 970-657-1728 Chris Jammerman
Region 5 - Northern/Southern California Kristina Armstrong 707-562-8926 Kristina Armstrong
  Isabel Kusumoto 760-937-7108 Isabel Kusumoto
  Jennifer Wells 530-394-8042 Jennifer Wells
Region 6 - Northwest Aaron Olmos 541-610-3674 Aaron Olmos
  Doug Simler   Doug Simler
  Vacant Vacant
Region 8 - Southern Terry Eller 828-779-2081 Terry Eller
Region 9 - Eastern Joseph Alyea 989-305-1227 Joseph Alyea
  David Laboy 414-297-1273 David Laboy
  Todd Walerak 414-294-8444 Todd Walerak
  Matthew Malesic 724-263-0007 Matthew Malesic

Incident Procurement Policy

Name Role E-Mail
Jamie Wade Procurement Analyst Jamie Wade
Matt Markovich Procurement Analyst Matt Markovich
Larry Robillard Contracting Officer Larry Robillard

AIMS Branch Contact Information

All work requests must be submitted to the WO-AIMS inbox at: SM.FS.WOAIMS@usda.gov

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Kimberly Luft Branch Chief Denver, CO 720-467-8317
Tony Duncan Contracting Officer   423-368-6475
Matt Cox Contracting Officer   (270) 757-8524
Lindsey Christian Contracting Officer   406-802-0825
Theresa Hood Contracting Officer   404-909-0250
Shannon Meadows Contracting Officer   208-949-8517
Chris Kirk Purchasing Agent   (208) 616-5549
Amy Tilley Purchasing Agent   (802) 330-1934

West Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Mike Lucas Supervisory CO Missoula, MT 406-370-3245
Annie Prout-Garcia Team Lead- CO Camptonville, CA 530-559-4151
Ben Eby Contract Specialist Oscoda, MI 989-305-8271
Racheal Koke Purchasing Agent Superior, MT 406-241-5689
Wendy Coleman Purchasing Agent Scottsboro, AL 385-441-2768
Anna Bryant Purchasing Agent Roanoke, VA 804-767-7935

Central Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Kelvin Jackson Supervisory CO Buchanan, VA 540-655-3059
Darrin Jackson Team Lead - CO Spokane, WA 509-818-7705
Sherry Helmick Purchasing Agent Roanoke, VA 540-315-6988
Lance Munshi Purchasing Agent St Louise, MO 303-476-8056
Sherise Foster Purchasing Agent Rolling Fork, MS 601-738-0624

East Zone

Name and Email Position Office Location Phone
Ed McKee Supervisory CO Atlanta, GA 470-562-5731
Kenneth Miller Team Lead- CO Tremonton, UT 385-441-2764
Vacant Contract Specialist    
Donald Keever Contract Specialist Albuquerque, NM 505-252-4804
Veronika Ransfer Purchasing Agent Atlanta, GA 470-586-1644
Vacant Purchasing Agent    

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