July Fourth was a relatively quiet night in Utah’s capital for residents and their dogs this year, it seems.

The Salt Lake City Police Department handed out one citation for illegal fireworks use over the July 2 through 5 window after the city said it would enforce a total ban on personal displays.

“We also think, by and large,” police spokesperson Glen Mills said, “there was good compliance throughout the city.”

Mills said the department did receive “a few other calls” reporting fireworks use, but officers didn’t see such behavior when they arrived at the locations.

“It was a quieter Fourth of July than usual with regards to firework-related calls,” Salt Lake City Fire Department spokesperson Hannah Youell said. “Crews were busy as usual, but not necessarily from fireworks. We would like to thank our residents [for] cooperation in respecting the fireworks ban.”

There was one fire in the city on July Fourth, Youell said, and it is under investigation.

Under state law, residents are usually allowed to set off personal fireworks from July 2 through 5 each year in designated areas away from foothills, farms and forests. Utah’s capital typically has areas where fireworks are allowed, but did not this year after Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order allowing the state forester to prohibit personal fireworks statewide.

While many Wasatch Front cities followed Cox’s lead in outlawing fireworks, some did allow use in specific areas within their city limits after consulting with fire officials.

The ban seems to have limited new wildfire starts and reduced the level of harmful air pollution that’s usually seen in Utah’s most populous areas on July Fourth.

Mills didn’t immediately have data on the number of citations issued in 2024 and 2025.