FIREWORKS USE AND SAFETY

For detailed information, please see Arizona Revised Statutes Title 36, Article 1, Section 36-1606.  The following document is an excerpt from the Arzona Revised Statutes and has not been remediated.  If you require a remediated copy, please contact the District Office.

                                   ILLEGAL CONSUMER FIREWORKS

ALL AERIAL  AND EXPLODING FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN ARIZONA.

These types of fireworks are subject to confiscation and/or citation.

ILLEGAL Examples:   sky or bottle rockets, firecrackers and aerial fireworks.

                                     FIREWORKS USAGE

Under Arizona law, firework usage is permitted on 27 days of the year, around specific holidays.

     USE of legal consumer fireworks is allowed only on the following dates:

                    May 4 – May 6

                    June 24 – July 6

                    December 24 – January 3

     SALE of legal consumer fireworks is allowed only on the following dates:

                    April 25 – May 6

                    May 20 – July 6

                    December 10 – January 3

                                   LEGAL CONSUMER FIREWORKS

Permissible consumer fireworks may NOT be sold to persons under 16 years of age.

The sale and use of novelties known as snappers, party poppers, flow worms, toy smoke devices

and sparklers are permitted at all times.

                                              ground and handheld sparkling devices

                                              cone and cylindrical fountains

                                              illuminating torches

                                              wheels

                                              ground spinners

                                              flitter sparklers

                                              toy smoke devices

                                              wire sparklers or dipped sticks