Kitsap County, WA Fire Regulations: Fireworks (2026)

Kitsap County restricts consumer fireworks discharge in the unincorporated area to a single day: July 4th, and only between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., under KCC § 10.48.010. Discharge outside that window is unlawful unless it is a permitted public display authorized under § 10.48.014. Retail sales are similarly narrow: § 10.48.012 allows consumer fireworks to be sold from 12:00 noon on June 28th until 10:00 p.m. on July 4th, never between 11:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m. during that stretch, and never at all between December 27th and January 1st.

Retail stands must be temporary structures sited only in zones where commercial or industrial use is authorized, per § 10.48.014(3)(b). Anyone who wants to import, manufacture, transport, possess, store, sell, or discharge fireworks in unincorporated Kitsap County, including running a public display, must first get a permit from the county fire marshal. Applicants must submit the applicable fee, state licenses, insurance certificates showing at least $1,000,000 in public liability coverage naming the county as an additional insured, a site or discharge plan, and applicant contact information; retail-sale applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on the last county workday in May, and public-display applications at least ten business days ahead.

Public displays must be run or supervised by a pyrotechnic operator licensed under Washington law (§ 10.48.016). The board of county commissioners may also declare emergency restrictions during drought conditions after a public hearing (§ 10.48.013). The sheriff's office and fire marshal's office both enforce this chapter.