Gwinnett County, GA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Section 70-44 flatly prohibits pyrotechnics activity, defined broadly to include firecrackers, fireworks, smoke bombs, rockets, and black powder guns, anywhere in a county park or recreation facility, unless the director or the director's agent first issues a written permit. There is no self-certifying exception the way some of Chapter 70's other rules allow (fires, for instance, are restricted to designated fire rings under § 70-32); pyrotechnics require director sign-off in every case. The rule sits alongside two related but distinct restrictions: § 70-45 separately bars flying or using fuel-, jet-, or electric-powered model aircraft, drones, boats, or rockets outside director-designated areas, and § 70-46 separately requires a written permit to launch hot air balloons or hobby rockets from a park, so a park visitor cannot use a permit for one activity, such as a model-rocket area, to cover fireworks use.

Chapter 70's definitions section (§ 70-1) defines 'park and/or recreation facility' to include every parcel of land, building, lake, pond, sports field, and cemetery the county or the county recreation authority owns, leases, or manages, so the fireworks ban covers all of those sites, not just designated event venues. Enforcement runs through any authorized law enforcement officer under § 70-2, who may cite, warn, or simply order a violator to leave rather than issue a citation.