Fireworks Safety

Fireworks Safety Tips

Keep your guests and yourself safe. Follow these important fireworks safety tips:

• Use common sense.
• Only buy legal consumer fireworks from a licensed store, tent, or stand. Buy fireworks that typically have brightly colored labels with the manufacturer’s name, directions, and warnings.
• When lighting any firework, make sure your head is not over the item. As soon as the item is lit, move away quickly to a safe distance.
• Do not use alcohol with fireworks.
• Use fireworks only outside, never indoors.
• Children should not handle fireworks, even sparklers.
• Use in a clear, open area away from the audience.
• Use fireworks on a hard, flat surface. In grassy areas, use a sturdy piece of plywood.
• Always wear safety glasses for lighting fireworks.
• Have a working water hose, bucket of water, or fire extinguisher ready.
• Never hold a lighted firework in your hand.
• Use a bucket of sand or pipe in the ground to safely shoot your Roman Candles.
• To shoot rockets, stick a pipe into the ground (pointing straight up) and drop the rocket into the pipe.
• Never use fireworks as weapons. Never aim, point, or throw any fireworks at another person or property.
• Do not re-light malfunctioning or “dud” items. Let it stand for 5 minutes, then douse it with water.
• Never store spent fireworks indoors or in a vehicle.
• When finished, allow used fireworks to stand for at least 20 minutes, submerge in water, drain, place in a plastic bag, and dispose outside in a covered trash can.