Greene County, MO Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Missouri Revised Statutes Chapter 320 regulates the sale, storage, and use of consumer fireworks statewide. RSMo §320.151 sets minimum sale-age and discharge-distance rules: sales to children under 14 are prohibited unless a parent or guardian is present; consumer fireworks may not be discharged within 600 feet of any church, hospital, mental health facility, or school, nor within 300 feet of gasoline pumps, filling stations, or temporary fireworks storage; discharge from inside or thrown from vehicles or directed at people is prohibited. Greene County does not regulate the discharge of consumer fireworks in unincorporated territory, and the Greene County Sheriff's Office has publicly confirmed that consumer fireworks discharge is legal in those areas. Enforcement focuses on peace disturbance under RSMo §574.010 (a Class B misdemeanor on first conviction, escalating to Class A on subsequent convictions, with fines up to $5,000 for third-and-subsequent offenses), where fireworks unreasonably disturb or alarm a neighbor. Greene County's Office of Emergency Management may also issue burn bans during drought; Missouri counties' burn-ban authority does not by itself outlaw all fireworks but may restrict missiles and skyrockets under RSMo §320.106. Inside the City of Springfield, Springfield Fire Code §5601.1.3 (adopted by reference) prohibits the possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling, and discharge of fireworks within city limits; permitted public displays are the only exception. Sale of fireworks statewide is licensed by the Missouri Division of Fire Safety under RSMo Chapter 320.