~ Use your fireworks outside in an open area away from the trees, homes, and dry grass.
~ Don't ever carry fireworks around in your pocket.
~ Store fireworks
safely, away from extreme heat, any fire hazard,
children, or any source of accidental ignition.
~ A water source should always be handy.
~ Light one firework at a time, then get away!
~ Do not ever throw fireworks at another person.
~ Trying to re-light
a malfunctioning firework is dangerous and stupid,
give it fifteen minutes, then dispose of it properly.
~ Do not ever try to make your own fireworks
The 4th Of July
is coming, and you are fortunate enough to be in a state that allows Consumer
Firework's!
You want to put on your own display for family and friends. Where do you begin?!
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Step 1: Set Up
The Crowd: First
you must set up a spectator area away from the firework's display.
80 Feet is the minimum for aerial fireworks. But for fountains and wheels,
you can be much closer, (12 feet).
So set up your display accordingly.
If your planning on rocking your crowd with mortars and tubes,
and 100 shot repeaters, keep them at the safest distance!
Launch Zone: Level
ground, no dry grass, no tree's, never up wind from the crowd,
and away from any buildings are all musts for your display area where you
will be lighting off your fireworks.
Fallout: There should also be a large open area for any debris left from the fireworks you are shooting off
to fall away from your crowd. This should be a large area,
and nothing that could possible catch fire should be around this area.
Set this area down wind from where you will be shooting off your fireworks.
Also, clean up this area after you launch, and after the debris is given a chance to cool off.
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Step 2: Choosing your Fireworks
There are many
different types of fireworks you can use in your show.
If your looking for a big powerhouse show to excite the crowd, you'll need
tubes,
and aerial repeaters. If your looking to please a smaller crowd with smaller
items, you can use Roman candles,
helicopters, and fountains.
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Step 3: Lighting Off Your Display
Now comes the fun
part!
Pleasing your crowd! Depending on what type of show your doing you want to
keep your crowd happy at all times.
This means setting the show up, ahead of time,
so that you are ready to quickly, but carefully, launch your fireworks off.
You may want to start off your show with a slightly larger, eye catching item
to set the tone,
then move back into smaller things, then up into your mortars and tubes, and
smaller repeaters.
Always leave your biggest item for last, as your "Grand Finale"!
It might be a good idea to have multiple lighters,
and someone there to hold a flashlight at the fuse for you at all times.
You may also want to get something slightly larger then a normal cigarette
lighter
to make it easier to light the firework and get away.
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Step 4: Clean Up
Never just leave
the spent cases of your fireworks or the debris that has fallen from them
laying around.
Wait for them to cool off then clean them up properly.
Also, it may not be a good idea to burn the garbage on a fire if you happen
to be camping.
There may be some left over powder in the casings that could cause sparks
or even worse.
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Remember to be safe, and please do not rely on our source to be your only
source!
Be careful at all times, lets prove to our State just how safe Consumer fireworks
are so that they can some day be legal in all
50 United States of America !!!!
THE
DEAN OF CONSUMER FIREWORKS
LARRY CRUMP'S
FIREWORKS PAGES
http://www.wf.net/~lcrump1/index.html
http://www.fireworkinfo.com/
