Tensed Rural Fire District

Tensed Rural Fire District The Tensed Rural Fire District is an all volunteer fire department that serves approximately 132 square miles in the southwest portion of Benewah County.

Call 911 for emergencies.

11/24/2025
Hello all! It's Fireworks season! There are 2 places to buy fireworks in Tensed Now. One in front of The Hangman Creek...
06/19/2025

Hello all! It's Fireworks season!

There are 2 places to buy fireworks in Tensed Now. One in front of The Hangman Creek Market & Smokeshop and the other in front of The Circle H.

Above all, safety first. The designated area to light off fireworks in Tensed is at the basketball court. Please be mindful of your surroundings before lighting them off and its always a good idea to have a bucket of water nearby.

10/17/2024

🔥 Attention Idaho! It's and Closed Fire Season has been Extended 🔥

Weather and fuel conditions have warranted extending closed fire season statewide. This means burn permits are required until further notice to help us manage fire risks and prevent wildfires.

As resources decrease this fall, it’s more important than ever to follow fire safety measures. Escaped debris burning is the number one cause of preventable fire on state and private lands in Idaho.
🔗 Get your burn permit at: www.burnpermits.idaho.gov

Fire Prevention Jen

Come join us for the 2nd annual hogs and hotrods poker run. Raffle tickets for sale 1 ticket for $5 or 5 for $20. All ...
07/20/2024

Come join us for the 2nd annual hogs and hotrods poker run. Raffle tickets for sale 1 ticket for $5 or 5 for $20. All proceeds benefit the Tensed Fire District.

07/13/2024

Today is the Annual Tensed Day fair, stop on by our booth today and bring the kids. We have the trucks out and starting now until sold out we are selling raffle tickets to help raise funds for our department.

07/13/2024

Tensed Rural Fire Station would like to invite everyone to come on down to our local Tensed Days for fun and a walk through of our Fire station and an up close look at our trucks tomorrow starting around 10 am Saturday the 13th of July.

07/04/2024

A special thanks to Warpath Fireworks, Tensed 95 Fireworks and Adelines fireworks for their donation to the Fireworks show in Tensed.

Hello all, today is the annual Independence day show in Tensed, ID. The show starts at Dusk (around 9:30). Parking is ...
07/03/2024

Hello all, today is the annual Independence day show in Tensed, ID. The show starts at Dusk (around 9:30). Parking is available all around town and at most of the businesses. The designated area to light off fireworks is at the basketball courts in Tensed, please take precautions, including but not limited to keeping a bucket of water nearby. We hope everyone has a fun (and safe) 4th of July celebration.

The Tensed Rural Fire District is an all volunteer department and we are always in need of Volunteers. Please contact us if you live in southwestern Benewah county and would like to join the dept.

First of hopefully many Hogs and Hotrods Poker Run for the Tensed Firestation this was one of our stops in Fernwood nice...
09/09/2023

First of hopefully many Hogs and Hotrods Poker Run for the Tensed Firestation this was one of our stops in Fernwood nice and beautiful day

We will be starting and ending at the Circle H in Tensed ID
07/18/2023

We will be starting and ending at the Circle H in Tensed ID

07/03/2023

Hello everyone!

Today is the July 3rd fireworks show at Tensed Park. Come on down and enjoy the fun. The show starts at approx 9:30pm.

As a reminder, the Tensed basketball court is a designated area to safely set off fireworks, DO NOT set off fireworks near brush or debris and always have water nearby. Always soak fireworks in water before throwing them in the trash and have a great 4th of July celebration.

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3820 Highway 95
Tensed, ID
83870

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+12082742514

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History

In the early 1970’s, a group of area residents recognized a need for better fire protection. At the time we had one Army truck and a 1949 Chevy pickup. They organized a Fire Protection District that became the Tensed Rural Fire District. Area residents took classes and became volunteers. During those times, whenever there was a fire call there were always plenty of trained volunteers who would arrive to handle the calls. At that time, there were many small farms with plenty of help who they could count on to be available for a fire call. Today, we find that the small farms are now part of larger farms and the area residents work out of the local area and are not available like they used to be. We need a new wave of volunteers to step forth and become a part of “neighbors helping neighbors.”