06/22/2022
EFFECTIVE 2021: FIREWORKS ARE BANNED IN UNINCORPORATED SOUTHWEST SNOHOMISH COUNTY.
IT IS ALWAYS ILLEGAL TO:
• Discharge fireworks in unincorporated southwest Snohomish County (Bothell addresses).
• Discharge fireworks in any Washington State Park or Snohomish County Park
• Discharge fireworks on federal land, including those managed by the Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service.
• Discharge fireworks on public property, public streets, sidewalks, parking lots, or school property.
• Discharge fireworks on private property without permission, and to discharge fireworks from private property onto public property
• Possess or discharge illegal fireworks. Firecrackers, rockets, rockets, M-80s, dynamite, and all homemade fireworks are all illegal.
REMEMBER: Fireworks and alcohol don’t mix! If you are traveling to a jurisdiction where firework discharge is legal, and you plan to partake, please assign a designated “shooter” who stays sober and unimpaired.
FOURTH OF JULY AND FIREWORKS
Each year, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office and the Fire Marshal’s Office received more than 650 firework-related calls in July.
Be a good neighbor. Here are some tips on how to celebrate this 4th of July safely and legally in Snohomish County:
• Check out the "4th of July Fireworks Discharge Map (PDF)"
• Call 425-407-3999 to report the illegal discharge of fireworks (please do not call 911 unless there is an immediate threat to life or property).
• Only discharge fireworks in legal areas of unincorporated Snohomish County on July 4 from 9 AM to 11:59 PM (fireworks are banned in unincorporated southwest Snohomish County)
• It is illegal to discharge fireworks before or after the Fourth of July. Fireworks are always illegal in unincorporated Snohomish County before and after the Fourth of July.
More details: https://snohomishcountywa.gov/290/Fireworks?fbclid=IwAR2UWiwMgIbdahIZv_2Wmbp1FA5V0MSvPVpJv67x-XdjD81XcX6ejhIyY7o
Find tips and information about fireworks within the community.