Mount Prospect, IL Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Section 23.1302 of the Mount Prospect Village Code prohibits any person, firm, copartnership or corporation from offering for sale, exposing for sale, selling at retail, keeping with intent to sell at retail, using or exploding any fireworks. The single exception is a permit from the fire chief for a supervised display by fair associations, shopping centers and other organizations or groups of individuals. The definition in Section 23.1301 is broad. It covers combustible or explosive compositions made to produce a visible or audible effect and names toy guns in which explosives are used, unmanned balloons that need fire underneath, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, Roman candles, daygo bombs and sparklers. Model rockets and model rocket engines are excluded, as are toy pistols, toy canes and toy guns that use paper caps made under United States Department of Transportation packing rules. The code says those toys and caps are permitted at all times.

A display permit is granted on application to and approval by the fire chief. The applicant files a bond and insurance in the amount set in appendix A, division I. Every display is handled by a competent operator and must be composed, located and fired so that, in the opinion of the fire chief, it does not constitute a hazard to property or endanger any person. Under subsection B, possession, use and distribution of fireworks for the display are lawful for that purpose only, and the permit is not transferable.

Section 23.1303 requires a written application on the Mount Prospect fire department's forms, listing the sponsoring organization, the persons in charge of firing, evidence of financial responsibility, date, time, exact location, the number and kinds of fireworks, storage and a diagram of the grounds. Section 23.1304 refuses a permit where the firing point is less than two hundred feet (200') from the nearest permanent building, public highway, railroad or other means of travel, or fifty feet (50') from the nearest aboveground telephone or telegraph line, tree or other overhead obstruction. No display is fired within five hundred feet (500') of a school, church, hospital or similar institution. Section 23.1305 requires the person in charge of firing and the assistant to be at least twenty one (21) years of age.