Cy-Fair Fire Department offers free buckets for fireworks disposal
Cy-Fair firefighters are giving away 3,600 buckets to keep spent fireworks from igniting trash cans and garages. Pickups run through July 3 on Telge Road and at select H-E-B and TOPDOG stores.
The Cy-Fair Fire Department handed out free half-gallon buckets to Cypress-area residents on June 30. The buckets are available in unincorporated parts of the district while supplies last, and residents can also pick them up at the CFFD Administration Building on Telge Road.
The campaign began June 24 and runs through July 3. Cy-Fair purchased 3,600 buckets, each labeled with fireworks-disposal instructions in English and Spanish, and worked with H-E-B stores and TOPDOG Fireworks to distribute them across the area.
Fire Chief Amy Ramon warned that fireworks can keep smoldering for hours after they appear to be out. Tossed too quickly, they can spark trash cans, garages or other enclosed spaces. Fireworks are illegal to set off within city limits throughout Texas, and local rules still control how and where residents in unincorporated Cypress may use them. In those areas, shooting fireworks depends on homeowners association rules and compliance with Texas law.
Texas allows fireworks sales for the Independence Day season from June 24 to midnight July 5 in 2026, and Harris County recognizes two fireworks seasons each year: Independence Day and New Year’s Day.
The department saw a surge in fireworks-related calls during the 2025-26 New Year’s holiday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated 14,700 fireworks injuries and 11 deaths in 2024, followed by an estimated 13,000 injuries and 15 reported deaths in 2025.
As of Sept. 30, 2025, the department was averaging more than 3,600 calls a month, and it was planning eight new fire stations.
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