Full Notification

As summer activities approach, please be aware that consumer fireworks are not allowed on Bainbridge Island. The City Council in 2019 approved a ban on the sale, possession and use of consumer fireworks (e.g., Roman candles, mine and shell devices, aerial shell kits and cone fountains) following concerns related to wildfire risk, noise, safety and environmental impacts.

Chapter 8.28 of the Bainbridge Island Municipal Code prohibits the possession, use or discharge of consumer fireworks within the city. Violations may be subject to fines and seizure of fireworks that are prohibited by this chapter. Subsequent violations are a misdemeanor offense.

The ban does not include any changes for display fireworks or special effects (both require a permit), and trick or novelty devices (toy caps, toy smoke devices, party poppers, snappers, snakes, glow worms).

If you have any questions related to fireworks restrictions, please contact the Bainbridge Island Police Department at 206-842-5211.

The City, Bainbridge Island Fire Department and Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District are partnering to share this message, and we appreciate your cooperation to keep everyone in our community safe.
 
More information:

• Chapter 8.28 of the Municipal Code: https://www.codepublishing.com/WA/BainbridgeIsland/#!/BainbridgeIsland08/BainbridgeIsland0828.html#8.28
   
• Ordinance No. 2019-21: Ordinance-No-2019-21-Banning-the-Sale-and-Use-of-Fireworks-on-Bainbridge-Island-Approved-100819 (bainbridgewa.gov)
   

• Bainbridge Island Fire Department: www.bifd.org/fireworks

Instructions:

See above