How many US cities have courses on fireworks safety?”
Fireworks Safety The American traditions of parades, cookouts, and fireworks help us celebrate the summer season, especially our nation’s birthday on the Fourth of July. However, fireworks can turn a joyful celebration into a painful memory when children and adults are injured while using fireworks. Although legal consumer fireworks that comply with the CPSC regulations can be relatively safe, all fireworks are hazardous and can cause injury. Fireworks are classified as hazardous substances under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act. Some fireworks such as illegal firecracker type devices (M-80’s, quarter sticks) and professional display fireworks should never be used or handled by consumers or children due to serious injuries and death that can and do occur from such use or handling. The following are examples of injuries from legal and illegal fireworks: A 33-year-old man was setting off mortar style fireworks out of a black plastic pipe while in his backyard. As he leaned over the o
Fireworks Safety Post to my social network or blog Posted by:jameshodges on July 03, 2009 at 11:34 AM Happy Independence Day! On this date in 1776, the Second Continental Congress was hard at work finalizing the American Declaration of Independence. Now, over 200 years later, the nation they wanted to build is probably larger and older than politicians in the eighteenth century ever could have imagined. There are two major ways that we commemorate this occasion– one, through the outdoor preparation of food on a grill, and two, through the ignition of fireworks. The first 4th of July firework display took place in 1777, years before the American Revolution was complete, and years before anyone could have been certain that it would even be successful. Fireworks are a display of bravado and energy that appeal to American sensibilities, and for some people pyrotechnics (that’s the fancy name for fireworks technology) are a way of life. There are competitions where fireworks enthusiasts sh
