Fireworks
Each year the Sheriff's Office receives more complaints about fireworks. Fireworks may be fun, a tradition on the Fourth of July, but also can be dangerous or annoying to others.
- If using fireworks remember....they are explosives. Injuries happen.
- Clean up your mess. On land and on the water.
- Alcohol and explosives don't mix.
- Be courteous to your neighbors. Many have pets that become scared. Fireworks at 2 AM is not appropriate. Neighbors do not like the debris on thier property.
What is legal without a permit?
- Sparklers not exceeding 36 inches, stationary cones and fountains, toy snakes, smoke bombs, caps, noisemakers, and confetti poppers with lass than 1/4 grain of explosive mixture.
- Check local ordinances before use.
What is illegal without a permit?
- Possessing or using any other fireworks, including, for example, firecrackers, roman candles, bottle rockets and mortars, in Wisconsin without a valid permit is illegal.
- A commonly used rule of thumb is that a permit is required if the explosive device explodes or leaves the ground.
- The sale of these restricted fireworks to person without a valid permit is also illegal, unless the person is a wholesale jobber selling fireworks to a non-resident for shipment out of state.
Fireworks Permits
- May only be issued by a Mayor, Village President, or Town Chair or a municipal employee or official they have designated. Permits issued or sold by fireworks vendors bearing either a pre-printed, stamped, or printed signature of the local official in which the permitee's information is completed by the vendor or the buyer are not valid or legal
- The permit is only valid in the jurisdiction it was issued.
- Permit may require a bond or insurance.
- Permit must specify the kind and quantity of fireworks allowed to be used or possessed.
- Permit must specify the location of where fireworks can be used or possessed.
- Permit must have a specific date of use for the fireworks.
- Permit must specify the date on which fireworks can be purchased.
- Persons with a valid permit may transport fireworks from the place they were purchased to the jursidiction thier use has been permitted.
Penalties
- Possession, use, or selling to a person without a valid permit is subject to a forfeiture of up to $1000.00. Each firework used or possessed may be a separtate violation.
- A parent or gaurdian allowing a minor to use or possess is subject to a forfeiture of up to $1000.00. Not including fireworks that do not require a permit.
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