Grant County, WI Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Chapter 140 of the Grant County Code, adopted 8-19-2003 by Ord. No. 45 and amended 3-22-2005, regulates fireworks in Grant County, Wisconsin. Under § 140-3A, no person can possess or use fireworks without a fireworks user permit from the mayor of the city, the president of the village or the chairperson of the town where the possession or use will occur, or from an official or employee that officer designates. The county itself does not issue the permit. Section 140-3B bars selling, or possessing with intent to sell, fireworks to anyone except a permit holder, a city, village or town, or a purpose listed in § 140-5B to F.

The definition in § 140-1 covers anything manufactured, processed or packaged for exploding, emitting sparks or combustion that has no other common use, then carves out items such as sparklers on a wire or wood stick not exceeding 36 inches, cylindrical and cone fountains classified as Division 1.4 explosives, model rocket engines, toy snakes with no mercury, and caps containing not more than 1/4 grain of explosive mixture. Section 140-4 sets storage rules: no storage within 50 feet of a dwelling by a wholesaler, dealer or jobber, no storage within 50 feet of a public assemblage or a place dispensing gasoline or volatile liquid in quantities exceeding one gallon, no smoking where fireworks are stored or handled, and notice to the municipal fire official of the storage location. Manufacturing requires a license from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.

Section 140-2 withdraws the chapter in any city, village or town in Grant County that has enacted its own fireworks ordinance. Section 140-5 exempts a city, village or town, provided municipal fire and law enforcement officials receive notice of the proposed use at least two days in advance.