Overview
- Consumer fireworks use is legal statewide from Dec. 26 through Jan. 4, following weeks of retail sales leading up to the holiday.
- Permitted items are non‑aerial consumer fireworks such as fountains, ground spinners, sparklers and toy smoke devices.
- Use is barred from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., except on Dec. 31 when fireworks are allowed from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- Fireworks are prohibited within one mile of mountain preserves, regional or desert parks, conservation areas and national forests, and cities can set stricter rules.
- Phoenix fire officials say devices that shoot into the air or explode are illegal in the city and are linked to fires, injuries and New Year’s pollution spikes, including a west Phoenix monitor that ranked among the world’s worst last Jan. 1.