Placentia, CA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Placentia bans consumer fireworks outright. Section 5601.2.5, added to the Placentia Fire Code by § 18.04.050, prohibits the storage, use, sale, possession and handling of fireworks 1.4G, which the code describes as Safe & Sane, and fireworks 1.3G. The heading is Retail Fireworks, but the text reaches every listed activity, including possession.

The exception is narrow. Fireworks 1.4G and 1.3G can be part of an electrically fired public display, and only when the display is permitted and conducted by a licensed pyrotechnic operator. Section 5608.2 backs that up: all fireworks displays shall be electrically fired. The fire code official, who is the chief of the Placentia fire and life safety department or a designee (§ 18.04.040), administers the permit side.

City parks have their own rule in § 14.08.050. No person shall discharge or cause to be discharged any fireworks within any city park, and "fireworks" there has the meaning set forth in California Health and Safety Code Section 12511. That section does not prevent fireworks exhibitions or displays in city parks as part of a public event approved by the City under a special event permit that specifically authorizes them, with appropriate conditions.

Seizure is covered by § 18.16.010: the fire chief or designated representative shall seize, take, remove or cause to be removed, at the expense of the owner, all stocks of fireworks offered or exposed for sale, stored or held in violation of the Municipal Code. Separately, Section 5614 bars possessing, selling, using or discharging explosives within wildland-urban interface areas or hazardous fire areas except by permit from the fire code official.