Lone Peak Conservation Center

What Lone Peak Conservation Center does

Lone Peak Conservation Center is a Utah state government entity that operates the State of Utah Engine program under the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands. The program was established in 2001 at the Lone Peak Conservation Center in Draper, Utah, and its resources are now based out of the Utah Wildland Fire Operations Center in South Salt Lake, Utah. Its core capability is wildland fire suppression and fire management on public and private lands, delivered through a fleet of four wildland fire engines (two Type 4 with 875-gallon tanks and two Type 3 with 500-gallon tanks, each with pumps rated at 500 gpm at 300 psi) staffed by six personnel per engine (captain, assistant captain, operator, and three crewmembers). The program also supports the Lone Peak Hotshots and Alta Hotshots crews (each approximately 20 personnel) and additional Type-2 initial attack crews (Twin Peaks, Dromedary Peak, Thunder Mountain), providing structure protection, rolling attack, mop up, fuels reduction, fireline construction, tree falling, portable pumping, and lookout services.

The business model is direct government funding: the program is fully sponsored by Utah DNR/FFSL and is not a commercial enterprise, with no disclosed pricing or fee-for-service structure. Distribution operates through governmental channels rather than commercial sales. A distinguishing operational feature is that the Lone Peak engine program is a state resource without a fixed response area, allowing mobility throughout Utah for projects and nationwide for fire support after the mid-April two-week critical training period; the season runs from mid-April through October. Training and career development are delivered via an on-site partnership with the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy. End customers are state and federal fire management agencies, with primary segments being government fire management (wildland suppression, structure protection, fuels reduction) and Utah communities (wildfire hazard education and protection of life and property). The program also has a public outreach presence via Facebook (UtahForestryFireStateLands), X (UtahFFSL), and Instagram (utahffsl).

Name

Lone Peak Conservation Center

Legal name

State of Utah Engines (operated by Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands)

Website

https://lonepeak.utah.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

State of Utah wildland fire suppression program operated by the Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands, managing four fire engines and multiple hotshot and initial attack crews to deliver fire management services statewide in Utah and nationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wildland Fire Management Services

NAICS

Support Activities for Forestry (115310), Fire Protection (92216), Fire Protection (922160), Support Activities for Forestry (1153)

akta.pro primary industry

Wildfire Suppression & Incident Response (AFAMAEAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Forest Fuels Management (Thinning, Mastication, Prescribed Burning) (AFAMAEAD), Wildfire Risk Assessment, Prevention & Suppression Services (IMAMAJAG), Wildfire Fuel Reduction & Prescribed Burning (AFAMAAAF)

Keywords

• Wildland fire suppression
• Fire management services
• State fire resources
• Wildland firefighting
• Fuels reduction projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Draper

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Funded by the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL). Operates as a state resource available for national assignments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Lone Peak Conservation Center operates a wildland fire suppression resource program consisting of two Type 4 and two Type 3 wildland engines staffed with six personnel each, providing fire suppression, structure protection, rolling attack, mop up, and fuels reduction services on public and private lands throughout Utah and nationally. The program is hosted and sponsored by the Utah Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Division of Forestry, Fire, and State Lands (FFSL), and operates as a state resource without a specific response area, allowing mobility throughout Utah and the entire country for fire support.

Product overview

The Lone Peak Conservation Center operates a wildland fire suppression resource program consisting of Type 4 and Type 3 wildland engines. The program provides fire suppression, fuels reduction projects, and fire management services throughout Utah. Each engine is staffed with six personnel including an engine captain, assistant captain, engine operator, and three crewmembers. The engines are utilized for structure protection, rolling attack, supporting burning operations, and mop up operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lone Peak Wildland Engines (Type 4 and Type 3) Wildland fire suppression resources consisting of two Type 4 and two Type 3 wildland engines based out of the Utah Wildland Fire Operations Center. Each engine is staffed with six personnel (engine captain, assistant captain, engine operator, and three crewmembers) and equipped with 875-gallon (Type 4) or 500-gallon (Type 3) tank capacities and pumps capable of 500 gpm at 300 psi. Used for structure protection, rolling attack, supporting burning operations, mop up, and fuels reduction projects.
• National Fire Resource Deployment Deployment of Lone Peak engines and crews to national fire assignments through the national fire resource coordination system. The program remains available for national fire support assignments after completing the critical training period in mid-April each season.
• Fuels Reduction Projects Fuels reduction projects throughout Utah, typically requiring work and camping in remote locations. Conducted while engines are not engaged in fire suppression or management.

Quantifiable outcome

• Engine 491 completed 9 assignments and drove 21,584 miles during the 2024 season (164 days assembled)

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Utah Fire and Rescue AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining and career development partnership providing crewmembers with classes necessary for their development and advancement in wildland fire careers. Classes are taught at the Operations Center.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CAL FIRE: California's state wildland fire protection agency operating engine companies, hotshot crews, and IA crews on state and federal lands; structurally analogous to Lone Peak as a state-government fire resource provider.
• Washington State Department of Natural Resources: Operates wildland fire engines and crews for fire suppression and forest health work on state and private lands; directly comparable state-natural-resources fire program.
• Grayback Forestry: Private wildland fire suppression contractor providing engine and crew resources for federal and state agencies; directly comparable as a competing provider of mobile wildland fire resources that competes for the same national assignments as Lone Peak.
• Oregon Department of Forestry: State forestry agency that operates wildland fire engines, detection aircraft, and crew resources for fire suppression on forestlands; comparable to Lone Peak in mission, structure, and resource composition.
• Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management: Arizona's state wildland fire agency operating Type 1, 2, and 3 engines plus hotshot crews; a near-twin to Lone Peak in terms of state-government fire resource delivery in the intermountain West.
• Idaho Department of Lands: Idaho's state agency managing wildland fire protection on state endowment and private forestlands with engine and crew resources; structurally similar to Utah FFSL's role.

Regional players

• BC Wildfire Service: Canadian provincial agency operating wildland fire crews and engines in British Columbia; functionally comparable state-equivalent program operating in a different national jurisdiction.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Forest Service: Federal agency operating the largest fleet of wildland fire engines, hotshot crews, and smokejumpers in the U.S.; the principal federal counterpart that both deploys resources and hosts state crews on federal incidents.
• National Interagency Fire Center: Federal coordination hub that allocates and dispatches wildland fire resources nationally; the channel through which Lone Peak's engines receive most out-of-state assignments.
• Bureau of Land Management: Federal agency that operates fire suppression resources across western public lands and frequently mobilizes state engines like Lone Peak's through interagency dispatch.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/UtahFFSL
• Facebookfacebook.com/UtahForestryFireStateLands
• Instagraminstagram.com/utahffsl
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lone-peak-conservation-center

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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