All fireworks of every kind — including state-approved Safe and Sane fireworks — are illegal in the City of Napa under Chapter 8.16 of the Napa Municipal Code. The same prohibition extends across all of unincorporated Napa County. Anyone who discharges fireworks that start a fire is liable for the full cost of suppression under California Health & Safety Code Section 13009.
The Napa Municipal Code prohibits the sale, possession, use, storage, and discharge of all fireworks within Napa city limits. Unlike some California cities that permit Safe and Sane fireworks sold by nonprofit booths around July 4, Napa bans every category of consumer firework — including sparklers, fountains, smoke devices, ground spinners, bottle rockets, mortars, aerial shells, and M-80s. The ban reflects the extreme wildfire risk that produced the 2017 Atlas Fire (which burned approximately 51,624 acres in Napa County, killed six people, and destroyed roughly 120 homes), the 2017 Tubbs Fire that came in from Sonoma County, the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex / Hennessey Fire (approximately 363,220 acres across Napa, Lake, Sonoma, Solano, and Yolo counties), the 2020 Glass Fire (approximately 67,484 acres with about 1,555 structures destroyed across Napa and Sonoma), and additional 2024 fire activity in the region. Napa County also bans all consumer fireworks countywide, so there is no legal location in or around Napa for personal fireworks use. Permitted public displays by licensed pyrotechnic operators with a California state license and Napa Fire Department approval are the only legal fireworks events. Enforcement is led by the Napa Fire Marshal and Napa Police Department, with assistance from CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit. Drone overflights and Ring-camera tips are used during the July 4 window.
Possession, use, or discharge of fireworks in Napa is a misdemeanor under the Napa Municipal Code, with fines and possible jail time, plus administrative citations through the City. Dangerous-fireworks possession is independently a misdemeanor (or felony at higher quantities) under California Health & Safety Code Section 12677. Anyone whose fireworks start a fire is civilly liable for the full cost of CAL FIRE and Napa Fire suppression under California Health & Safety Code Section 13009, plus damage to structures and injuries — exposure that can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars after a wildfire ignition in the Napa hills.
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