IS IT LEGAL TO SET OFF FIREWORKS IN MY AREA? HERE’S A HANDY LIST
If you’re wondering whether you can set off those nifty fireworks you just bought from a roadside tent or one of the big fireworks warehouses along I-40, wonder no more. Here’s an updated listing of where you can (and can’t) legally shoot off fireworks around the listening area.
City/County | Fireworks Rules | Allowable Times |
Anderson County | Illegal to sell/set off fireworks | |
Blount County | legal to sell/shoot off firecrackers in the county | Before 11 p.m. |
Cumberland County | Legal to sell/set off fireworks | July 1-5 |
Fentress County | Legal to sell/set off fireworks, but not within city limits | |
Roane County | Legal to sell fireworks, city leaders decide where they can be set off | |
Knox County | Illegal to set off fireworks | |
Loudon County | Legal to sell/set off fireworks, but not within city limits | |
McMinn County | Illegal to sell and set off fireworks | |
Monroe County | Legal to sell fireworks | May only be set off July 3-4 |
Morgan County | Legal to sell and set off fireworks | |
Alcoa | Illegal to set off fireworks | |
Athens | Illegal to sell and set off fireworks | |
Crossville | Legal to sell/set off fireworks; bottle rockets illegal for private use | June 20-July 5, Dec. 10-Jan. 2 |
Harriman | Legal to sell fireworks Fireworks may only be set off with a permit; if citizens complain, police will respond and stop fireworks |
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Jamestown | Illegal to sell/set off fireworks within city limits | |
Kingston | Legal to sell/set off fireworks | |
Knoxville | Illegal to set off fireworks | |
Lenoir City | Legal to sell/set off fireworks on your own property | |
Madisonville | Legal to sell fireworks | May only be set off July 3-4 |
Maryville | Illegal to set off fireworks | |
Oak Ridge | Illegal to sell/set off fireworks | |
Rockwood | Legal to sell fireworks with permit/business license legal to set off fireworks with permit | |
Sweetwater | Legal to set off fireworks with a permit | |
Townsend | Illegal to set off fireworks | |
Wartburg | No fireworks within city limits |