Definitions for Fireworks Rules

When used in this Article, the following words or phrases shall have the meaning given in this Section unless it shall be apparent from the context that another meaning is intended:means any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or any device prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect, or both, by combustion, explosion, deflagration or detonation.Fireworks or pyrotechnic articles or devices for sale to and subsequent use by the general public (household) users shall include the following:Firecrackers or similar devices designed to produce audible or visual effects, or both, if the effect is produced by a charge of not more than fifty (50) milligrams (.772 grains) of pyrotechnic content.Sparklers, dipped sticks, or similar devices that have a total pyrotechnic content not exceeding one hundred (100) grams each in weight.Other pyrotechnic devices, when tested and approved by the Fire Department, whose products of combustion, fire, sparks, explosions, and any attached parts or fragments, not including smoke, does not exceed the limits of the test area.Fireworks or pyrotechnic articles or devices prohibited for sale to and subsequent use by the general public (household) users shall be those:That exceed the limits of the test area.That contain pyrotechnic composition in excess of the defined limits.Devices that present an extreme hazard to life and property as determined by the Fire Chief.Devices excluded from this Article are:Trick matches, cigarette plugs, and similar devices when approved by the United States Bureau of Explosives.Toy paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths (0.25) of a grain or less of explosive substance.Auto or truck flares, railway flares, hand ship distress signals, smoke candles, smoke signals, and smoke pots.means a ten (10) foot diameter circle with a height limit of eight (8) feet, where the device being tested is placed on the ground in the center of the circle and activated.