BSO hosting fireworks demonstration in Davie
With the Fourth of July holiday weekend fast approaching, the Broward Sheriff’s Office Fire Marshal’s Bureau, BSO Bomb Squad and the Florida State Fire Marshal will once again demonstrate the dangers of fireworks and show the destruction they can cause at the Broward Fire Academy.
The media demonstration will feature the explosive dangers of illegal fireworks and improperly used legal sparklers and the safety risk that can result in injury, fires and even death.
On a typical Independence Day, more fires are reported in the United States than on any other day. Over 10,000 fireworks related injuries are also reported each year, with over half of those occurring to children, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
For a safe holiday, Sheriff Al Lamberti has this message, “If you want to see fireworks, leave it to the professionals.” Consider attending one of the many public fireworks displays throughout the area. Sheriff Lamberti added, “The last thing we want to see is a child get burned or lose fingers from fireworks.”
There are no legal consumer fireworks in Florida. Only sparklers are legal for consumer use and can reach temperatures of 2,000 degrees – hot enough to melt gold – and can cause serious burns or permanent disfigurement. Broward Sheriff Fire Marshal Charles Raiken cautioned, “When things go wrong with fireworks, they go very wrong, very fast.” Just after midnight on New Year’s Day 2009, a 41-year-old Cooper City man was killed while detonating fireworks in his backyard.
The State Fire Marshal’s Bureau has also been conducting inspections of roadside fireworks stands throughout the county.
As for “celebratory gunfire,” it is against the law to fire a gun in the air – falling bullets have killed people in South Florida.
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