Residents Can Report Illegal Firework Activity Online July 1-6, 2025

Published on June 26, 2025

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By Office of Communication

This Fourth of July—let the pros light the sky.

As the holiday weekend approaches, we are reminding our residents and visitors that it is illegal to use fireworks in the City of Arlington. Every year, people across the country experience unnecessary death, injury and/or property damage because of fireworks. People who are caught using fireworks illegally in the City of Arlington may face a fine up to $2,000.

We recognize that neighborhoods across the city will still be filled with bangs, booms and bright flashes of colorful light as people celebrate with illegal fireworks in their yards or at nearby parks. Leading up to the holiday, the City of Arlington will once again activate its fireworks reporting webpage, www.arlingtontx.gov/reportfireworks, that will allow residents to provide information about fireworks activity to Arlington’s 9-1-1 Dispatch Center while keeping phone lines open for emergencies. This reporting tool can be accessed through the banner at the top of the City of Arlington webpage and also through the City’s Ask Arlington app. This site allows residents to see the status of calls working in their neighborhoods as well.

Residents are asked to use this online reporting tool to report fireworks activity between:

  • 7 p.m. July 1 and 3 a.m. July 2
  • 7 p.m. July 2 and 3 a.m. July 3
  • 7 p.m. July 3 and 3 a.m. July 4
  • 7 p.m. July 4 and 3 a.m. July 5
  • 7 p.m. July 5 and 3 a.m. July 6 

To report illegal fireworks outside of this timeframe, residents should call the Arlington Fire Department’s non-emergency phone line at 817-274-4444.

So please, leave the fireworks shows to the professionals. Bring your family out to enjoy the City of Arlington’s free Light Up Arlington fireworks display on Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Downtown or one of the many other local festivities planned for Independence Day. 

Light Up Arlington Event Details

We encourage everyone to have a safe holiday weekend in The American Dream City!

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