Basic safety measures when handling pyrotechnics

 Basic safety measures when handling pyrotechnics

1. Before using pyrotechnic products, it is necessary to clearly determine in advance: where you will hold fireworks, which pyrotechnic products you will use, how you will organize its display.
2. Choose a place for the fireworks. Ideally, it can be a large open area - a courtyard, a square or a clearing - free of trees and buildings.
3. Carefully inspect the selected place, there should be no fire-hazardous objects, parking lots, garages in the neighborhood (within a radius of 100 meters).
4. If the fireworks are held outside the city, there should be no fallen leaves and needles, dry grass or hay nearby, that can catch fire from accidentally caught sparks.
5. In case of strong wind, the size of the danger zone in the wind should be increased by 3-4 times.
6. Think in advance where the audience will be. They should be placed necessarily on the windward side so that the wind does not blow smoke and unburned parts of the products on them. Standing at a distance is not only safer, but also more convenient to watch the fireworks, you do not need to throw your head high and look for a rocket that has flown away.
7. If your yard is small and cramped, you will be able to use a limited assortment, mainly of ground action: firecrackers, firecrackers, fire tops and wheels, but in no case do not launch products flying up - rockets, butterflies and other things. It is strictly forbidden to use them near residential buildings and other buildings: they can get into a window or window pane, fly into the attic or onto the roof and cause a fire. Try to get away from home and find a more suitable place.

IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN:

* Use the purchased pyrotechnics before reading the instructions for use and these safety measures;

* Use pyrotechnics when the wind is more than 5 m/s;

* Explode pyrotechnics when people, animals, combustible materials, trees, buildings, residential buildings, live wires are in the danger zone (see the radius of the danger zone on the package);

* Launch fireworks with your hands (with the exception of firecrackers, sparklers, some types of fountains) and approach the products within 2 minutes after they are activated;

* Lean over the product while using it;

* Use products with expired shelf life; with visible damage.

* Perform any actions not provided for in the instructions for use and these safety measures, as well as disassemble or alter finished products;

* Use pyrotechnics in closed rooms, apartments, offices (except for firecrackers, sparklers and fountains allowed for use in closed rooms), as well as launch fireworks from balconies and loggias;

* Allow children to activate pyrotechnic devices on their own.

* Dry wet pyrotechnic products on heating devices — heating batteries, heaters, etc.

Press service of the Emergency Department of the Almaty region