With most public firework displays canceled this year due to the pandemic, it is believed more people will shoot off their own. 

In the state of Ohio, it is legal to buy fireworks but shooting them off is illegal. Once you purchase fireworks, you have 48 hours to take them out of the state. 

Under the Ohio Revised Code, someone who sets off fireworks in Ohio can be fined up to $1,000 and serve up to six months in jail. 

21 News spoke with several police departments in Mahoning Valley including Austintown, Newton Falls and Niles Police. They all said a fair warning will be given to people who set off fireworks but a fine or arrest could happen if violators continue to set them off. 

"Because you don't have any large fireworks displays going on this year, we're just concerned with the large increase crowds in neighborhoods that somebody's  going to get hurt," Austintown Police, Lt. Thomas Collins said. 

Collins said the week before and after the Fourth of July is when officers respond to the most calls about firework violations. If someone violates the firework laws, Collins said they could be arrested. 

"It is the Fourth of July, but if it get's to be annoying for neighbors then we have to keep the peace of the community," said Newton Falls Police Chief, Gene Fixler.

Fixler said Newton Falls Police will have more cruisers out on the Fourth to prevent people from setting off fireworks. 

"If someone does not heed a warning when it's on a complaint," Fixler said, "they will be cited into court with something similar to a traffic ticket."

Niles Police Captain, John Marshall said most people violating the state fireworks law will stop after they receive a warning. 

"Somebody will stop because they didn't know they weren't supposed to and a warning is a lot of time sufficient enough," Marshall said. 

Aside from being illegal, local police and fire departments say setting off fireworks is dangerous and should not be considered.