National Emergency Rental Vehicle (NERV)

National Emergency Rental Vehicle (NERV) is an Incident Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) used to procure rental vehicles for wildland fires and all risk incidents. The BPA is managed by the USFS Equipment Service Branch (ESB) - National Zone (NZ) 

The NERV BPA is intended to be utilized on incidents by personnel from the NWCG - agencies which include:

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• National Park Service
• USDA - Forest Service
• The National Association of State Foresters.

Oversight is managed by USFS Fire and Aviation Management (FAM).

Enterprise is the vendor.

Roadside Assistance Phone Numbers

• 1/2 ton trucks, SUV's mini vans and sedans - 1-800-307-6666
• HD Pick-up Trucks and Box Trucks: 1-888-736-8287 ext 3

The NERV agreement may be utilized for:

• Any single resource responding to an incident whose position requires a vehicle with 4x4 high ground clearance and HD tires to meet the needs of the assignment (3/4-ton and 1-ton trucks approved for off-road use tires).
• Any single resource who is responding to an incident who needs a rental vehicle to meet the needs of the mission and is not able to procure a vehicle (such as Administratively Determined or Casual Pay employees who do not have an agency travel card).
• Incident Pool vehicles that will be managed by a ground support, buying team, dispatch or other units and will be utilized by multiple resources or multiple incidents

Each vehicle rented through the NeRV Enterprise BPA MUST:

• Be requested electronically through this site by Dispatch Only with a valid Resource Order.
• The Resource Order used for reservation must be e-mailed to the NERV Program (sm.fs.nerv@usda.gov) upon picking up the vehicle.
• Every thirty days (30 days from when the vehicle was picked up), please submit the following documents and in the required PDF format to the NERV inbox sm.fs.nerv@usda.gov. Every thirty days the vehicle is out, a package that includes the following documentation must be submitted for that vehicle – VEHICLES ARE NOT TO EXCEED 120 DAYS RENTALS. If the vehicle is ordered on an overhead, aircraft, or crew resource, the individual renter is responsible for documentation submission. If the vehicle is ordered on an equipment resource, then ground support is responsible for the documentation submission. If the vehicle is returned (must be returned to Enterprise) prior to the end of a 30-day cycle, the paperwork is due at that time.
  • Payment Cover Sheet
  • Resource Order(s) (All Resource Orders the vehicle was assigned to)
  • Commercial Rental Agreement (May have been e-mailed to user/users from Enterprise upon vehicle pick up)
  • Any and all other documents pertaining to the rental (pre/post inspection sheet, accident reports, etc.)
  • Ground support equipment resource POOL vehicle transfer log POOL Vehicle Transfer Log

DO NOT Use NERV BPA If:

• The vehicle is NOT for incident use.
• The renter IS Self Sufficient and does NOT require a 4x4 high ground clearance and HD tires to meet the needs of the assignment (3/4-ton and 1-ton trucks approved for off-road use tires.

For these needs, utilize the traveler's agency standard travel reservation system

Accidents

Accidents involving other drivers/vehicles: please call the NERV hotline at 208-390-4868, if you receive voicemail, we will call you back ASAP if within the hours of 8am-8pm MTN. Ensure you fill out the SF-91 and include that in your package along with any available police report.

• Damage to only the NERV vehicle: please document the damage in your Cover Sheet package along with pictures, if available. You can submit your Cover Sheet package within the standard 30 day requirement.
• DOI proof of insurance NERV Version 2023

Diesel Fuel Instructions

• NERV users please be cognizant of the required fuel for the vehicle in your possession. If you are unsure, please read the instructions below:

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