Fremont, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing rule
- FMC 15.35.290 amending CFC Sec. 5601
- Fireworks status
- Fully prohibited, no safe-and-sane exception
- Related ban
- Explosives/fireworks manufacture, Sec. 5605.1
- Enforcing agency
- Fremont Fire Department
- Misdemeanor penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 6 months jail
- Infraction penalty
- $100 to $500 by offense count
- Adopting ordinance
- Ord. 11-2025 § 2, effective 9-16-25
Summary
Fremont bans fireworks outright. FMC 15.35.290 amends the California Fire Code so that possessing, manufacturing, storing, selling, handling or using any fireworks, including "safe and sane" varieties, is prohibited citywide with no local exceptions.
15.35.290 Amendment to 2025 CFC Section 5601 (General). Section 5601 of the 2025 California Fire Code is amended as follows: ... 5601.1.3 Fireworks. The possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of fireworks are prohibited. Exceptions: 1. deleted 2. deleted 3-4. {CFC text not modified}
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 02-2026, passed May 5, 2026).
Full Breakdown
290 amends Section 5601 of the 2025 California Fire Code for local application. 3, states plainly that "the possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of fireworks are prohibited," and the two exceptions the base state fire code would otherwise allow have been affirmatively deleted by the city, leaving no carve-out for retail "safe and sane" fireworks sold elsewhere in California. 300, which amends CFC Section 5605 to prohibit "the manufacture, assembly and testing of explosives, ammunition, blasting agents and fireworks" as well, with only narrow exceptions for hand-loading small arms ammunition for personal use, licensed blasting agent mixing under NFPA 495, approved pyrotechnic special-effects use, and fire-chief-approved test and research possession.
Together these amendments, adopted by Ordinance 11-2025 on September 16, 2025, mean no individual, retailer or organization may legally discharge, sell or store consumer fireworks anywhere in Fremont, including the Fourth of July period when neighboring jurisdictions with less restrictive rules sometimes allow safe and sane sales. 010, govern how a fireworks violation is charged.
Violations & Fines
A fireworks violation is enforced as a fire-code offense under CFC Section 109.3.7 and FMC Section 1.15.010, chargeable as a misdemeanor or, at the enforcement official's discretion, as an infraction under Section 1.15.020. A misdemeanor conviction carries a fine of up to $1,000, up to six months in county jail, or both; an infraction is punishable by up to $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second offense within a year, and $500 for a third or later offense in that period. Confiscated fireworks may also be seized and destroyed, and each day of continued possession or storage can be charged as a separate offense under Section 1.15.030.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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