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An example of a consumer firework in California Large fireworks retail shop in Pennsylvania. Availability and use of consumer fireworks are hotly debated topics. Critics and safety advocates point to the numerous injuries and accidental fires that are attributed to fireworks as justification for banning or at least severely restricting access to fireworks.
As for safety concerns, officials from Morris Sales, which has a state fireworks retail sales permit from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, said it has installed a fire barrier and a ...
Fireworks are regulated federally by the Explosives Regulatory Division (ERD), a department of Natural Resources Canada, and as such are responsible for the enforcement of regulations regarding consumer fireworks including manufacture, import/export, storage, and retail. It is legal in Canada to purchase a wide variety of consumer fireworks ...
NFPA 1123, subtitled Code for Fireworks Display, is a code created in the United States by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to help prevent damage of property and the injury or death of individuals during outdoor firework displays.
Eugene councilors voted to pass a citywide ban on all fireworks — even ones that are legal in Oregon — that goes into effect Oct. 29, 2022.
The CPSC warns against buying fireworks that are packaged in brown paper because it is a sure sign the fireworks were made for professional displays and could be dangerous for consumers to use.
Washington, D.C. permits the sale of fireworks while the neighboring jurisdictions of Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland do not; in some cases, police from those jurisdictions would watch fireworks stands outside of the state, collect license tag numbers of cars that visited them, and if the person drove into Maryland, would ...
Illegal fireworks are a regular part of summer nights in most cities, but residents are complaining that this year, the fireworks appear to be louder, more frequent and going on longer than before ...