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 Safety

Fireworks Display/Site Safety

All Outdoor Displays conducted by Midwest Fireworks always comply with Australia Standards AS2187.4 1998, part 4-Pyrotechnics Outdoor Display.

The above Standard relates to all requirements to be followed including such requirements as Storage/Transportation, Site requirements, Safety Distances and Operation and Emergency Procedures


  

Products Used

All products used by Midwest Fireworks are manufactured to strict guidelines as laid out in AS2187. 4- 1998 Section 2 Para 2.1.1 TO ensure further Safety, all aerial shells used by Midwest Fireworks are double fused to ensure safe detonation.

  

Display Operations

All "Display Operators" i.e The person responsible for the staging of a fireworks display, employed by Midwest Fireworks are fully Trained and Licensed in accordance with the above Standard and all State Legislation.

Launch Method

Mortars are used by Midwest Fireworks as the firing vessel for aerial shells. These mortars are made of HDPE (high Density Polyethylene) pipe. If, for whatever reason, a shell failed to launch and exploded in the mortar, this material will absorb the explosion without any shrapnel being expended. In accordance with the latest State requirements steel mortars are no longer used by Midwest Fireworks.

  

Display/Site Procedures

Each Pyrotechnician responsible for a pyrotechnic display is required by Law and Company policy to ensure the following is undertaken;

· Re-assess site for suitability.

· Re-assess site for safety distance

· Re-assess site for crowd control

· Ensure site security is maintained

· Check wind speed and direction prior to start

· Check site for unexploded ordinance

· Cleaning of firing site

· Subsequent reporting of any incidents immediately

Midwest Fireworks is proud to emphasize that in its 21 years of operation it has a clean Safety Record with NO reportable incidents and NO Lost Time Injuries. This is attributable to following all State requirements and Company Policy.
Electronic Firing

Midwest fireworks only use the very latest in firing equipent.