There has been a fireworks ban in Spokane for 20-years. The link below is to a YouTube presentation of a press conference given in late June of this year regarding this ban.
The link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHBoR_YJfG8&list=UUchSHbVFw3KbQOEFojE_s-g&index=1&feature=plcp.
Bellingham needs to do exactly the same thing that Spokane did 2-decade ago. Seems like a "no-brainer" to me! Later . . .