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
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