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Safety In Handling Fireworks

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:12:00 +0000

Safety In Handling Fireworks Enhances The Experience And Fun

Fun with fireworks is something that everybody loves no matter what is the occasion. You often find the best fireworks displays during beach parties or in coordinated fireworks for weddings. There is something in the colorful explosion of the fireworks that makes your heart sing. Almost all important celebrations would be incomplete without it and often people buy anything they find (legal or illegal) in order to appease their thirst for this type of fun.

Safety Is Paramount

It is important that you understand the reason why safety is important when you enjoy fireworks displays. There are far too many injuries and even tragedies that result from using illegal types of fireworks such as M-80s, ash cans, bottle rockets and cherry bombs. Of course, not all of these would accidentally explode when you are in too close proximity and cause you permanent damage; but the possibility is always there with the illegally sold fireworks.

The most common of injuries are eye injuries; there are also burns of all degrees, injured fingers, hands, severe burns, etc. In some cases there are even deaths. Are the risks worth it? Of course not. So what can be done to prevent such a critical outcome? Buy only legally sold fireworks because these have been tested and re-tested to the nth time for safety. Many of the very dangerous ones are controlled electronically which totally rules out personal danger while handling it; and the fun in unlimited.

Things You Need To Keep In Mind When Buying Fireworks

You need to have fun with pyrotechnics? By all means go ahead and enjoy it. Just keep in mind a few basics regarding your and your dear ones’ safety:

1. The name of the manufacturer should be clearly mentioned on the fireworks you are choosing to buy.

2. Check the manufacturing date on the product and buy it only if there is at least three months away from its expiry date.

3. Read the instructions carefully well before you are planning your fireworks display and follow these to the T. Do not leave reading instruction to the time when you want to light them for the celebration as at this time your excitement for the fireworks display would prevent you from paying too close attention to what is mentioned in the instructions and you could endanger yourself (and your dear ones).

4. There should be clear instructions regarding how to use the product safely.

5. Never light any type of fireworks – however safe you would think they are – in your hand. Rather have them on the ground or a table top and light them from at least two feet distance.

6. Aerial fireworks need to be buried half length (Roman Candles) in the earth before being ignited.

7. Before you use the fireworks these should be stored in a dry place away from anything that could – even by the remotest accident – ignite them.

8. Keep the fireworks away from children’s reach. Some of the worst accidents happen because the fireworks fall into the hands of children who play with these without any knowledge about the minimum safety guidelines.

9. Have your fireworks displays in an open place where there is no danger of igniting houses, cars or other such property.

10. Ensure you have made arrangements to handle a fire if it happens. Have a bucket of water and water source ready and/or a fire extinguisher for any eventuality.

11. Do not touch or kick the fireworks products that have just finished burning; such action can cause major burns.

12. Only adults should light the fireworks displays; have kids at safe distance and explain to them before hand how and where to dispose of sparklers and other such products that they would be playing with. The best is to have a bucket of water which can be used as a dustbin for fireworks.

13. Never bend over or pick up in your hand fireworks products that refuse to start.

Have Fun With Responsibility

It is simply great to enjoy fireworks displays as long as it is done with responsibility and care. Truly there is no celebration complete without a salve of fireworks at the end of it – whether it is the New Year’s or a wedding or a birthday party.

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Fireworks how they work

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:02:00 +0000

Fireworks how they work

Fireworks have a history going back thousands of years. It is generally believed that they were accidentally discovered by a cook in China using commonly available kitchen ingredients. The ingredients that went into the first fireworks were charcoal, potassium nitrate and sulphur. These ingredients along with some additions are used in fireworks, firecrackers and sparklers to this day.

What goes into fireworks

A firecracker is made by adding these ingredients into a tight paper tube, along with a fuse that is inserted into the tube to help ignite the mixture. A firecracker may also contain aluminium to add brightness to the explosion. A sparkler burns for a longer time giving out bright colours and a shower of sparks that can be varied by changing the composition. A sparkler contains the same basic ingredients – charcoal, potassium nitrate and sulphur – but they are mixed in a different proportion than that used in a firecracker so that they burn more slowly. In addition, a binder such as starch or sugar is added to form a slurry that is poured into a tube or coated on a wire. Once this dries, the sparkler is ready to burn. To create bright sparks, aluminium, zinc, magnesium or steel dust is added. These materials heat up easily to become incandescent adding to the brightness. The sparklers get their variety of colours from chemicals added for this purpose. As you can see, fireworks can be made to burn and give off a variety of sparks and colours by burning slowly, or to explode suddenly, through the manipulation of the mixture and the addition of appropriate ingredients. Now let’s see how they can be made to generate a variety of fireworks displays that we commonly see.

Aerial fireworks

Aerial fireworks are among the most common types of fireworks that we see at any fireworks display. These shoot up to a considerable height before exploding into a shower of sparkling colours. How do they first rise to such a height and then explode? Basically, aerial fireworks have two components – a shell and a mortar. The shell is the part of fireworks that goes up into the sky and bursts into a display of colourful sparks. The shells of fireworks contain four ingredients – a container, stars, a charge to enable the bursting, and a fuse. The container is usually a spherical or cylindrical item made of paper or board and string. This container is filled with the stars and the bursting charge. The stars are cylindrical, spherical or cubical pieces that burst into the colours that you see in a fireworks display. They are made from the ingredients that go into a sparkler so that they burn with an incandescent light, and depending on the chemicals added, give out different colours. The bursting charge is placed at the centre of the shell and is ignited by a fuse, which also forms part of the shell. The other component of the aerial fireworks, namely the mortar, is what launches the shell into the sky. The mortar is made up of a small metal pipe that is filled with the exploding charge and a fuse. When the fuse is lit, it ignites the charge and causes it to explode, launching the shell into the space above. At the same time, it also ignites the fuse in the shell, which ignites the bursting charge in the shell after the lapse of a suitable interval. By the time this happens, the shell has reached a respectable height, and that is how you see the wonderful display at a great height in the sky.

Adding sophistication

This process can be extended to multiple levels by including more than one shell in fireworks. Subsequent shells can be ignited by each shell as it receives the ignition, causing a time delay between the bursting of different shells. This results in a complicated array of multiple shells that seem to burst one after the other in the sky. This idea can be further extended to create patterns in the sky by arranging the shells in a carefully planned manner and planning their ignition at the right time. This can be used to create a variety of visual effects that result from different shapes, leading to beautiful patterns and captivating fireworks displays.

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