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According to the State Fire Services Office, there have been more than 550 fires and explosions involving illegal fireworks in Massachusetts in the past five years. Six firefighters were injured in these incidents, and damages were estimated at nearly $1 million.
Between 2020 and 2024, Massachusetts medical facilities treated more than 200 people for burns and other injuries associated with fireworks. While this number is significant, Massachusetts' per capita fireworks injury rate is about one-fifth the national average. This is because Massachusetts law prohibits the possession, use, and sale of fireworks without a permit and certification.
With that in mind, the department maintains a list of more than a dozen legally permitted displays planned in the near future:
| Great Barrington | 8/29/2025 | 9:00 PM | Deerwood Circle | 8/31/2025 |
| Charlton | 8/30/2025 | 9:00 PM | Bay Path Regional Technical HS – Muggett Hill Rd. | 8/31/2025 |
| Gloucester | 8/30/2025 | 9:15 PM | Fort Area – Stage Fort Park – 1 Hough Ave. | 9/1/2025 |
| Great Barrington | 8/30/2025 | 9:30 PM | 60 Bridge St. | TBD |
| Ludlow | 8/30/2025 | 9:00 PM | Athletic Field – 438 Windsor St. | 8/31/2025 |
| Salisbury | 8/30/2025 | 10:15 PM | Salisbury Beach – barge 1000’ ft from shore | N/A |
| Mashpee | 8/31/2025 | 9:15 PM | Willowbend Country Club - On golf course – 130 Willowbend Dr. | N/A |
| Sterling | 9/05/2025 | 9:45 PM | Sterling Airport – 121 Greenland Rd. | 9/6/2025 |
| Worcester | 9/05/2025 | Post game | Outfield Polar Park – Polar Park Stadium | N/A |
| Adams | 9/13/2025 | 9:00 PM | Soldiers Memorial Field – Lincoln St. | 9/14/2025 |
| Hopkinton | 9/13/2025 | 7:45 PM | High School Athletic Fields – 90 Hayden Rowe St. | 9/20/2025 |
| Medford | 9/13/2025 | 8:30 PM | Barge in Mystic River – Constitution Way | 9/14/2025 |
| Worcester | 9/19/2025 | Post game | Outfield Polar Park – Polar Park Stadium | N/A |
| Billerica | 9/20/2025 | 8:10 PM | Marshall Middle School – 15 Floyd St. | N/A |
