Firehouse Sports Pub Is Now Dave's Firehouse — Bar Rescue Update

Bar Rescue featured this Nampa, Idaho, bar in the episode "Put This Fire Out" (S8E36), aired 2023-06-04, under the name Firehouse Sports Pub. The episode aired 2023-06-04, though Bar Rescue Updates and Reality TV Revisited report the visit was filmed around July or August 2022, roughly a year before broadcast. According to a Yahoo News report and tracking coverage from Bar Rescue Updates and Reality TV Revisited, the bar was opened in 2008 by Dave Olsen, who used his retirement savings to start it; its firefighter theme reflects that his younger brother and friends are firefighters.

Those sources report that before the rescue, Olsen had stepped back from day-to-day oversight, the bar was losing about $3,000 a month, Olsen was roughly $300,000 in debt, and the business was at risk of closing within two months. During the televised rescue, Jon Taffer renamed the bar Dave's Firehouse and added new dart boards, drink rails, and firehouse-themed walls of fame and honor. A Yelp listing titled "Dave's Firehouse," for the address at 423 E Karcher Rd, Nampa, ID 83687, was updated 2026-08 and lists 14 reviews and 17 photos, describing the business as operating under that name.

Google's Places record for the same address lists the business as "Firehouse Sports Pub AKA Dave's Firehouse: A Local Bar," with an operational status, consistent with the Yelp listing. A Facebook page for "Firehouse Sports Pub" was also found, but this record's attempt to load it returned an error page asking visitors to use a different browser, so no current content could be confirmed from that source. No information in these sources describes an exact date when the bar transitioned from operating as Firehouse Sports Pub to Dave's Firehouse following the rescue, beyond the name change itself. The Yelp listing's photo count (17) and review count (14) suggest a modest but active customer base under the Dave's Firehouse name as of the August 2026 update.