State and Local Wildland Firefighters

Working closely with the USDA's Forest Service, GSA offers a wide range of firefighting products to state and local agencies.  GSA has furnished wildland fire protection equipment and supplies to state, local and other cooperating agencies for many years.

Currently, GSA stocks approximately 250 fire items, including:

  • Water handling equipment
  • Sleeping bags and field packs
  • Fire line tools and chainsaw chaps
  • Canteens, goggles and gloves
  • Fire shelters and protective clothing


State and local organizations wishing to purchase wildland fire supplies from GSA must first enter into a cooperative agreement, thereby obtaining "sponsorship," from their state.  It is the decision of the State Forester and ultimately the Forest Service to grant sponsorship to a requesting organization.

The cooperative agreement must be approved prior to assignment of an Activity Address Code (AAC). Once the AAC is requested by the Forest Service and assigned by GSA, the state or local customer is authorized to buy directly from GSA.

The first step to obtaining such an agreement is to contact the state's Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program coordinator.

Note on GSA Advantage!®
State and local wildland fire customers registering on GSA Advantage!® for the first time will notice that the site directs state and local entities to a separate registration form. Do not use this form. Instead, register as a federal agency. Select your agency "Department of Agriculture" and for your bureau select the "Forest Service". If you use the alternate form for "State and Local Government User," you will not be able to view or order wildland fire equipment from GSA. The alternate form is intended for customers that lack an Activity Address Code and limits their access to specific programs (e.g., Cooperative Purchasing [IT] or Disaster Recovery). Using this alternate form will also prevent the customer from using the GSA Global Supply™ site

Additional details regarding the Wildland Fire program are available online.  

 


Doc ID Name Format Size Publish Date
  GSA Fire Support Overview of GSA support to nonfederal firefighters Word 28k 2/2/2009
Last Reviewed 9/17/2009