Fire Regulations in Hollywood, FL (2026)
4 verified fire regulations for Hollywood, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Fireworks
Consumer fireworks are illegal in Hollywood except on 3 FL-preempted holidays (July 4, Dec. 31, Jan. 1) per FL §791.08. Sparklers and novelties (smoke devices, caps, party poppers, snappers) are legal year-round. Selling prohibited fireworks is a first-degree misdemeanor under FL §791.
Hollywood FL Fireworks Regulations
Heavy RestrictionsFla. Stat. §§ 791.02, 791.08
791.02 Sale of fireworks regulated; rules and regulations. — (1) Except as hereinafter provided it is unlawful for any person, firm, copartnership, or corporation to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail, or use or explode any fireworks; provided that the board of county commissioners shall have power to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the granting of permits for supervis...
Outdoor Burning
Hollywood bans setting any open fire on land within city limits, including land-clearing, field, or pasture fires, unless a permit is obtained first under City Code § 94.152, with the Fire Marshal controlling issuance and a full permit regime in §§ 94.150 through 94.157.
Hollywood Open Burning Permit Requirement
Significant RestrictionsHollywood Code of Ordinances § 94.152
Setting fires without a permit is prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons, firm or corporation to set fire to any lands, cause fire to be started or set on any lands, clear any lands by fire, set any field, forest or prairie fires, encourage new pastures by firing, smoke out or drive game by fire, or abandon or leave unguarded any open fire within any area of the city without...
Smoke Detectors
Hollywood follows the Florida Building Code (8th Edition, 2023) and Florida Statute 553.883 for residential smoke alarms. New construction, additions, and conversions require interconnected smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area, and on every level. Replacement alarms in existing one- and two-family homes may use 10-year sealed non-replaceable batteries. Vacation rentals under Chapter 119 face a stricter standard: hard-wired or 10-year sealed battery, fully interconnected, with permits required.
Smoke Detector Requirements (Hollywood, FL)
Some RestrictionsFla. Stat. § 553.883
553.883 Smoke alarms in one-family and two-family dwellings and townhomes. — One-family and two-family dwellings and townhomes undergoing a repair, or a level 1 alteration as defined in the Florida Building Code, may use smoke alarms powered by 10-year nonremovable, nonreplaceable batteries in lieu of retrofitting such dwelling with smoke alarms powered by the dwelling’s electrical system. A b...
Propane Storage
Hollywood allows bottled LP-gas use citywide under City Code § 94.076, but only if it is installed, maintained, and used to the American Insurance Association's NBFU No. 58 standard and state fire-marshal and gas-law regulations, all of which the section folds directly into city law.
Hollywood Bottled Gas (Propane) Storage Rules
Light RestrictionsHollywood Code of Ordinances § 94.076
The use of liquefied petroleum products under pressure (bottled gas) in the city is hereby permitted; provided such products are installed, maintained and used in accord with the standards of the American Insurance Association for the storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases, as set forth in the pamphlet referred to as NBFU No. 58, which are incorporated in and made a part of this sect...
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