Miramar, FL Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Sec. 9-5(a) requires a fire chief, fire marshal or inspector to first inspect and approve any receptacle, vehicle, building or storage place before a permit issues for keeping, storing, using, manufacturing, selling, handling, transporting or otherwise disposing of hazardous or flammable materials, and the list of covered materials expressly names fireworks, firecrackers and signaling explosives alongside gun or blasting powder, dynamite and explosives generally. Sec. 9-5(f) enumerates the specific categories requiring their own permit, and fireworks appear as item (4) on that list, separate from explosives (item 3) and from open burning (item 13).

Applications go to the division of fire and life safety under Sec. 9-5(c), the permit must stay on the premises and is subject to inspection by fire, police or building officers under Sec. 9-5(d), and it is not transferable: any change in use or occupancy triggers a new permit requirement per Sec. 9-5(b). Sec. 9-5(i) lets the fire chief suspend or revoke a permit if it is used by someone other than the person to whom it was issued, used at a different location, violated in any of its conditions, or obtained through a false statement or misrepresentation.

Separately, Sec. 9-6 requires the fire chief or a designated inspector to inspect hazardous storage and manufacturing sites, including fireworks and firecrackers storage, not less than two times a year. Beyond the local permit system, Sec. A. A. 1124 Fireworks, Manufacture, Transportation and Storage Code,' and makes those provisions controlling within the city, with the fire chief enforcing them under Sec. 9-51(a). Violation of the fire prevention code adopted under Article III is enforced through Sec. 9-52, which subjects violators to the code enforcement board and/or court prosecution, with each ten days a prohibited condition continues counted as a separate offense.