Fireworks: What's Legal?

Ketchum Fire Department

All aerial fireworks are illegal in Ketchum.

The following are legal:

  • Sparklers
  • Smoke Bombs
  • Snakes
  • Ground Spinners
  • Fountains less than 20 feet high

Fireworks are illegal in Ketchum if they or the sparks they emit, go more than 20 feet in the air or travel outside a circle 15 feet in diameter.

  • Each Fourth of July, children under 14 suffer 30 to 40 percent of the nation's injuries from fireworks.
  • Fireworks cause more than 32,000 fires and more than $30 million in property damage annually.

Our community has seen firsthand the dangers of wildfires. Please help us all stay safe this Fourth of July!

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