LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - Officials are reminding the public that the “You Light It, We Write It” inter-agency effort to crack down on the use of illegal fireworks in the Las Vegas Valley will resume over this year’s Fourth of July holiday. Information about the initiative is available at www.YouLightItWeWriteIt.Vegas.
“Safe and sane” fireworks include sparklers and fireworks that keep to a small, circular area on the ground and don’t explode in the air. Illegal fireworks include firecrackers, Roman candles and sky rockets – any item made of highly combustible materials.
Only fireworks labeled “safe and sane” are allowed and only from June 28 through July 4 in Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson when locally licensed and inspected fireworks stands are permitted to sell them. Partners in the “You Light It, We Write It” effort include Clark County, the local cities, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Nevada Highway Patrol.
Any fireworks purchased from vendors located outside Clark County are likely to be illegal. Offenders caught using illegal fireworks in Clark County and the city of Las Vegas are subject to fines of anywhere from $250 to $1,000, plus disposal fees.
Fire inspectors from both jurisdictions will team up with Metro police officers again this year over the July Fourth holiday to crack down on the use and possession of illegal fireworks in local neighborhoods.
As part of the “You Light It, We Write It” effort, the public is encouraged to report illegal fireworks complaints online at www.ISpyFireworks.com instead of calling 911 or 311. In 2019, the ISpy site logged 16,943 complaints from June 28 through July 5, including 14,237 on July 4. Reports to the ISpy website do not result in a police dispatch. Instead, the data is used to document problem areas and plan future law