Some places use the same restrictions every year. For communities that are not listed below, please contact the Utah Department of Public Safety or your local fire department to make sure you have rules about fireworks in your area. To ensure the safety of our beautiful city, please note the personal restrictions on fireworks that @SLCfire has. Fireworks are banned in many parts of the city due to the risk of fire. Visit t.co/KEPgjDJdrY for more information. Best of all, check out the city`s laser light shows. pic.twitter.com/1llqhswa43 Riley Warner stacks fireworks in a Pyro City fireworks tent in West Valley City on Monday, June 27, 2022, in preparation for the fourth weekend of July. While fireworks can be lit at the right time, you can still expect a fine of up to $1,000 for illegally lighting fireworks. Some municipalities and even counties have banned the launching of fireworks within their borders. Some, like Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon, and Wasatch County, introduced fire restrictions that included some fire bans in addition to items such as fireworks. Some of the larger areas in the state, such as Salt Lake County, have restricted areas where fireworks can be lit, with most foothills, shoals, and mountains being no-go zones.
Places like Park City have banned all fireworks during the fourth July holiday this year due to the high risk in dry conditions. Fireworks are prohibited in all areas east of U.S. Highway 89. Aerial fireworks are prohibited in most areas west of Highway 89 to Church Street from the northern city limits to Cherry Lane. North of Cherry Lane, from Church Street to 2050 East, via the southern border (part of the land section is not on a road). “The use of fireworks in unapproved areas — near dry grass and brush — and no adequate way to extinguish a fire has been catastrophic in the past and could be the case again this year,” Cox said. “If you`re ready to skip the fireworks, this is a great year to do so. But if you want to use fireworks, you need to use them responsibly. With that in mind, here`s a guide to where you can and can`t start fireworks in 2021. Andy Adams and Sandridge Parks are also designated by the city as safe areas for aerial fireworks.
An interactive map of all restrictions can be found here. Correction: An earlier version of the story incorrectly stated where fireworks are allowed in Holladay. No fireworks are allowed within the city limits of Holladay and in areas east of 1300 East. For the July holidays, there are no exceptions to this rule. As central as fireworks are for the summer holiday celebration, many Utahns already live in forbidden places due to the high risk of wildfires. For Zachariah Jarvis, personal fireworks were a staple around the Fourth until he moved to the east bank of Bountiful three years ago. Fireworks are prohibited on all state and federal property, such as national and state parks, as well as on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management Land, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. Governor Spencer Cox also issued an executive order banning fireworks in all unincorporated countries, both public and private. Fireworks are legal in Utah from July 2 to 5 and From July 22 to 25 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Legal opening hours will be extended until July 4 and July 24 at midnight. Fireworks can be sold until July 25. The City of Carbon County banned all firecrackers from the air this year that take off at least 25 feet in the air. Ground-based fireworks can be lit, but not in some areas: fireworks are only legal from Cooley Street to Matthews Lane/Booth Street from Clark Street to Durfee Street in downtown and Anderson Ranch in Grantsville. Fireworks are allowed in most parts of the city limits, but not near the interfaces between wilderness and cities. An interactive map with all areas where fireworks are allowed and not allowed can be found here. No restrictions at the border, but all aerial fireworks are banned within the city limits this year. Fireworks can be launched from July 2 to 5 and again from July 22 to 25 from 11 a.m.
to 11 p.m. The window extends until midnight on the fourth of July and Pioneer Day. The city also allows fireworks at the Canyons Complex, The Fields at Little Valley, as well as 1100 East, 2450 East, Centennial, Cox, Dixie Downs, Firehouse, JC Snow, Middleton, Sandtown, Shadow Mountain, Silkwood, Sunset and Vernon Worthen. According to the Utah Department of Public Safety, fireworks are allowed, but only in unregulated areas and under certain regulations. The city allows fireworks exceptions for its western and eastern parts. An interactive map showing where the restrictions are can be found here. Personal fireworks are allowed back in the city after being banned last year. However, they are not allowed in city parks or around the Jordan River Parkway trail and in some areas: fireworks are generally not allowed in the northern and southwestern limits of the city.
Officials released this map, which better shows where fireworks are allowed and restricted. “Then you`re subject to the damage and control costs that can be there,” said Dan Petersen, head of the Unified Fire Authority. “In a restricted area, we will absolutely do what we can to find out who set it on fire and hold them accountable. If your house is set on fire because of a neighbor`s fireworks, it`s not really fair to you. And that risk needs to be managed. All fireworks are in areas in the eastern United States. Highway 89 prohibited. Aerial fireworks are limited in: Centennial, Dixie Downs, 1100 East, Firehouse, JC Snow, Millcreek, Sandtown, Shadow Mountain, Silkwood and Tawa Pond parks will also be open for fireworks. Other parks do not allow the use of fireworks. If you`re not sure if you`re in a restricted area that prohibits the use of fireworks, here`s a list to guide you.
While the west of those locations allows, Provo officials said they prefer residents to shoot fireworks at designated parks for fireworks this year, including: Carterville, Exchange, Franklin, Fort Utah, Kiwanis, Lakeview, Maeser, Provost, Riverview, Rotary, Sertoma, Spring Creek and Sunset Parks. The City of Mapleton has approved a map that prohibits fireworks in most areas, with the exception of the northwestern part of the borders. The map can be viewed here: “It`s a bit of, it`s a bit sad,” he said. “We like to do them, but I just feel like it`s a bit irresponsible right now. It`s a difficult thing to deal with. I think the only way to reduce the risk of fire is to limit fireworks in years that are so exceptionally dry. People will watch fireworks at Rock Canyon Park in Provo on Saturday, July 4, 2020. A full map of the restrictions can be found here. The city will also allow and recommend that a personal fireworks display be launched in the Olympic Parks, Sage Vist, Veterans Ballpark and Sports.
FIREWORKS SHOWS: List of holiday events and fireworks shows across Utah The city passed an ordinance this year banning fireworks: There are far fewer municipal areas where fireworks are completely banned this year compared to July last year. One reason for this is that the drought is not as extraordinary as it was at this time last year, at least by the standards of the US Drought Monitor. The other reason is that monsoon moisture patterns arrived early in the state this year, while their arrival in July last year was still uncertain. Lighting fireworks outside of approved timelines and outside approved areas can result in a fine of up to $1,000 plus possible additional costs if illegal unloading results in a fire. If you`re still unsure, you can also contact your local fire department via a non-emergency number to check where fireworks can be legally fired. “It gets complicated when you start saying, `This is hurting my rights,`” she said. “It`s just fireworks, it`s not really a right. I like the way Governor Cox leads by example. I think when our leaders come out in any capacity and say, “Hey, let`s rethink this and work together,” I think that`s always a positive thing. It won`t work 100% of the time, but it`s a positive step in the right direction. A recent Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll found that more than a third of Utahns think government agencies should be the only ones allowed to light fireworks, and a quarter say fireworks should not be used at all.
Nevertheless, there are still areas where you are not allowed to light fireworks within the boundaries of the site, including: No restrictions within the boundaries of Morgan City, but fireworks are prohibited anywhere else in the surrounding county. A map of the restrictions can be found here, When she lived in Indiana, Gail Hruska used to light fireworks every year. That changed when she moved to Kanab five years ago, just before Brian Head`s fire set fire to more than a dozen homes nearby. It`s worth noting that many of the communities that will allow face-to-face fireworks in 2021 are still encouraging residents to skip them this year. These are municipalities that have released updated restrictions on fireworks this year: the city has also released a map of places where fireworks can and cannot be launched, which can be found here. Since then, she has become familiar with public fireworks and has prepared her grandchildren for the reality of Utah`s climate when they come to visit her. Hruska said that while Utah is the second driest state in the country, she was surprised that the culture around fireworks — and water consumption in general — is in many ways more in line with the humid and forested states of the Pacific Northwest than attitudes in Arizona, Nevada or New Mexico.