Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control

Moved from renting to owning aircraft: contracted United Rotorcraft in 2021 to build its first Sikorsky Firehawk and got a $26M appropriation for a second in 2023. Also operates Multi-Mission detection aircraft and a Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting that evaluates wildfire camera and detection tech.

Buys

• Detection & sensing
• Home hardening
• Prediction & response
• Suppression & aerial

Contracts & solicitations (7)

• Purchase of second Sikorsky Firehawk helicopter (SB23-161)
• Large Airtanker Master Contract (BAe-146 "Tanker 10")
• First Sikorsky S-70i Firehawk Helicopter Contract
• Wildfire Resilient Homes Grant Program — 2024 Cycle
• Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program (COSWAP) FY2025-26 Grant Ro
• COSWAP La Plata County Cross-Boundary Fire Resilience Project
• Single Engine Air Tanker Exclusive-Use Contract - Co-Fire Aviation

Procurement portal

https://vss.state.co.us/