Miami Beach, FL Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Under City Code Sec. 50-10(e), anyone using, storing, or displaying fireworks for a private or public show inside Miami Beach must first get a permit from the fire department. The fire marshal's office charges a plan-review and inspection fee set in the code's fee appendix, plus an added charge for fire department staffing that the fire chief sets based on the size of the event. The permit system sits alongside parallel permits the same section creates for pyrotechnic displays, open burning, and bonfires, all charged and enforced the same way.

The bigger limit is where a permit can be issued at all. Outside three calendar dates, New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), and New Year's Eve (December 31), the fire department cannot issue a fireworks permit for any display, use, or discharge in any residential area of the city or anywhere on Biscayne Bay. That blocks the two settings where most private displays would otherwise happen: a backyard and a boat on the bay.

Anyone who fires off fireworks without the permit, files false information to obtain one, or breaks a condition written into the permit is fined double the fee that would have applied to a compliant application, under subsection 50-3(d). Enforcement runs through the fire prevention bureau, and repeat or willful violations can trigger the citation and special-magistrate process set out in Sec. 50-11 for fire code violations generally.