Kirkland, WA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Chapter 11.60, Fireworks, adopts by reference the state fireworks definitions in Chapter 70.77 RCW and layers a stricter local ban on top. KMC 11.60.020 flatly makes it unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell fireworks within the city, with no exception for licensed retailers. KMC 11.60.030 goes further, banning possession, use, transfer, discharge, or explosion of any fireworks of any kind, unless the activity is authorized by a state license and a city permit issued under RCW 70.77.260(2) for a public display or RCW 70.77.311(2) for use by a group or individual for a religious or other specific purpose at an approved date and location.

KMC 11.60.090 separately bans discharging or possessing fireworks in any city park or on public land. A public display permit costs $100 payable in advance under KMC 11.60.050, is nontransferable under KMC 11.60.060, requires an application to the building official at least fourteen days before the event under KMC 11.60.070, and the applicant must hold a state pyrotechnic operator license under Chapter 212-17 WAC. KMC 11.60.080 layers on minimum standards for any approved public display: a state-licensed pyrotechnician must run it, a bond or liability insurance meeting RCW 70.77.285 and 70.77.355 is required, a site drawing covering a five-hundred-foot radius must be submitted to the fire department, combustible debris must be cleared for three hundred feet in every direction afterward, and the fire department can require a Kirkland fire pumper and at least three firefighters on site thirty minutes before and after the display, billed to the applicant. The fire department, working with the building official, enforces the chapter under KMC 11.60.130 and can revoke a permit for noncompliance.