Camano Island Fire and Rescue
525 E. North Camano Dr.
Camano Island, WA 98282

Emergency: 9-1-1
Office: (360) 629-3008

Adult supervision around fireworks is important. Only adults should light fireworks and handle matches and lighters. Set family boundaries and talk with children about celebrating safely. Use care in selecting the area for discharge of fireworks, and the type of fireworks appropriate for that area. Dry weather conditions make grasses, trees, and other vegetation dry and vulnerable to fire.   You can be held personally liable, (and subject to a civil lawsuit), for damages caused by your actions.

Celebrate safely.   Personal fireworks require personal responsibility and appropriate behavior.     Be prepared before you light fireworks. 

�� Use legal fireworks, available at licensed outlets.

�� Store fireworks out of children's reach.

�� Keep pets safe indoors.

�� Always keep water handy.   Watch for fire. 

• Stay ALERT of your surroundings
• Only adults should light fireworks
• Only use outdoors.
• Do not throw fireworks, or hold in your hand.
• Protect your eyes.
• Light one firework at a time and move away quickly
• Never relight a "dud".

�� Soak used fireworks in water.

�� Be considerate--clean up used fireworks.

�� Keep matches and lighters away from children.

�� HAVE A SAFE AND FUN FOURTH OF JULY!

Definitions -- "Consumer fireworks."  RCW 70.77.136

"Consumer fireworks" means any legal small firework device designed to produce visible effects by combustion and which must comply with the construction, chemical composition, and labeling regulations of the United States consumer product safety commission, as set forth in 16 C.F.R. Parts 1500 and 1507 and including some small devices designed to produce audible effects, such as whistling devices, ground devices containing 50 mg or less of explosive materials, and aerial devices containing 130 mg or less of explosive materials and classified as fireworks UN0336 by the United States department of transportation at 49 C.F.R. Sec. 172.101 as of June 13, 2002, and not including fused setpieces containing components which together exceed 50 mg of salute powder.

Dates and Times Fireworks May Be Sold or Discharged   RCW 70.77.395

(1) Where not banned by local ordinance, it is fully legal to sell and purchase "consumer fireworks" within this state:

• from twelve o'clock noon to eleven o'clock p.m. on the twenty-eighth of June,
• from nine o'clock a.m. to eleven o'clock p.m. on each day from the twenty-ninth of June through the fourth of July, from nine o'clock a.m. to nine o'clock p.m. on the fifth of July,
• from twelve o'clock noon to eleven o'clock p.m. on each day from the twenty-seventh of December through the thirty-first of December of each year, and as provided in RCW 70.77.311.
  
  (2) Consumer fireworks may be used or discharged each day between the hours of:
• twelve o'clock noon and eleven o'clock p.m. on the twenty-eighth of June and between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m. on the twenty-ninth of June to the third of July,
• and on July 4th between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and twelve o'clock midnight, and between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and eleven o'clock p.m.
• on July 5th, and from six o'clock p.m.
• on December 31st until one o'clock a.m. on January 1st of the subsequent year, and as provided in RCW 70.77.311.
  

Unlawful discharge or use of fireworks — Penalty.  RCW70.77.488

It is unlawful for any person to discharge or use fireworks in a reckless manner which creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to another person or damage to the property of another. A violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.

Sale of certain fireworks prohibited.  RCW 70.77.401

Unless where purchased or discharged strictly on tribals lands, no illegal fireworks may be sold or offered for sale to the public as consumer fireworks which are classified as:

• sky rockets,
• or missile-type rockets,
• firecrackers,
• salutes,
• or chasers as defined by the United States department of transportation and the federal consumer products safety commission except as provided in RCW 70.77.311.

Seizure of fireworks.  RCW 70.77.435

Any fireworks which are illegally sold, offered for sale, used, discharged, possessed, or transported in violation of the provisions of this chapter or the rules or regulations of the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, are subject to seizure by the chief of the Washington state patrol, through the director of fire protection, or his or her deputy, or by state agencies or local governments having general law enforcement authority.

For futher information, please visit the Washington State Fire Marshall's Office at:

http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/firemars.htm