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title: Keremeos fireworks rules
question: "Are fireworks allowed in Keremeos?"
place: Keremeos, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/keremeos
category: Bylaws, noise and complaints
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owner_body: Village of Keremeos
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# Keremeos fireworks rules

**Question:** Are fireworks allowed in Keremeos?

**Short answer:** In Keremeos, fireworks may be set off or sold only after written notification to the Fire Chief at least 48 hours ahead. The Fire Chief may add conditions. A ticket for discharging fireworks without notification is $500.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Keremeos, https://www.keremeos.ca/home)  
**Cost:** No fee is stated. Ticket: $500 for discharging fireworks without prior notification.  
**How long:** Notify the Fire Chief in writing at least 48 hours before.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Village Office, 250-499-2711
- In person: Village Office, 702 4th Street, Keremeos, BC V0X 1N0

## Key facts

- **Setting off fireworks:** Fireworks may be discharged only after written notification to the Fire Chief at least 48 hours ahead. The Fire Chief may impose terms and conditions. No dates or hours are stated.
  - Source: [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (consolidated June 10, 2026), s. 5.4](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/)
  - Official wording: "No person shall sell, discharge or explode any fireworks within the Village of Keremeos without written notification" … "to the Fire Chief provided 48 hours In advance of the discharge"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Selling fireworks:** Selling fireworks also needs written notification to the Fire Chief at least 48 hours in advance.
  - Source: [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (consolidated June 10, 2026), s. 5.4](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/)
  - Official wording: "No person shall sell, discharge or explode any fireworks within the Village of Keremeos without written notification"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **What counts as fireworks:** The Fire Regulation Bylaw uses the Fireworks Act meaning: cannon crackers, fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation.
  - Source: [Fire Regulation Bylaw No. 855, 2022, s. 3 Definitions](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/4543/)
  - Official wording: "Fireworks has the same meaning as the Fireworks Act, namely includes cannon crackers," … "fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Permit:** Written notification to the Fire Chief, 48 hours before. No fee is stated.
  - Source: [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (consolidated June 10, 2026), s. 5.4](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/)
  - Official wording: "to the Fire Chief provided 48 hours In advance of the discharge"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Fine:** $500 for discharging fireworks without prior notification to the Fire Chief (s. 5.4). A fire caused by fireworks contrary to the bylaw: $200 (Fire Regulation Bylaw s. 6.6.1 b), plus the Fire Department's costs.
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 7](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/)
  - Official wording: "Discharge fireworks without prior notification to Fire Chief"
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026), Schedule 6](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/)
  - Official wording: "Causes fire by fireworks"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810
  - Source: [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (consolidated June 10, 2026), Title](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/)
  - Official wording: "Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810" … "This Bylaw may be cited as “Good Neighbour Bylaw No.810.”"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

Under the [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/), fireworks may be discharged in Keremeos only after written notification to the Fire Chief at least 48 hours ahead. The Fire Chief may set terms and conditions. The bylaw calls this a notification, not a permit, and states no fee, dates or hours.

Selling fireworks also needs written notification to the Fire Chief at least 48 hours in advance.

## Good to know

- The Fire Regulation Bylaw uses the Fireworks Act meaning of fireworks: cannon crackers, fireballs, fire crackers, mines, Roman candles, sky rockets, squibs, torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework by regulation.
- Ticket: $500 for discharging fireworks without prior notification to the Fire Chief.
- A fire caused by fireworks contrary to the bylaw is a $200 ticket under the Fire Regulation Bylaw, plus the Fire Department's costs.
- Ask the Village Office at 250-499-2711 how to reach the Fire Chief.

## Official forms and pages

- [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (PDF)](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/)

## Related questions

- [Keremeos backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/backyard-fire.md)
- [Keremeos noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/keremeos/noise-rules.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Fireworks rules in British Columbia, by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fireworks.md)
- [Osoyoos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/osoyoos/fireworks.md)
- [Penticton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/penticton/fireworks.md)
- [Summerland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/summerland/fireworks.md)
- [Peachland](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/peachland/fireworks.md)
- [West Kelowna](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/west-kelowna/fireworks.md)
- [Midway](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/midway/fireworks.md)

## Sources

- [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 810 (consolidated June 10, 2026) (PDF), Village of Keremeos](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/15716/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Fire Regulation Bylaw No. 855, 2022 (PDF), Village of Keremeos](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/4543/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Municipal Ticket Information Bylaw No. 803, 2013 (consolidated April 2026) (PDF), Village of Keremeos](https://keremeos.civicweb.net/document/14895/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Contact Us, Village of Keremeos](https://www.keremeos.ca/contact) (read 2026-11-08)

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