Things that go boom!

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Jul 1, 2011 | 11:00 PM

L. Ward

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Things that go boom!

Tomorrow night, while many of you will be enjoying time with the family, drinking some beers and launching some fireworks, I will be sitting on a firetruck at a fireworks display just down the road, and as a volunteer firefighter I just wanted to remind all of us to be careful this weekend.

Please treat fireworks with respect, read all of the cautions and warnings and use common sense. Lighting fireworks indoors, throwing them from automobiles and lighting multiple devices at the same time can lead to accidents and are not how fireworks are intended to be used.
If you see someone misusing fireworks, stop them. Show them the correct way to use consumer fireworks and do not ever use professional fireworks or illegal explosives.
Use fireworks and sparklers only outdoors.
Do not let children use sparklers unattended.
PLEASE, obey local laws. If fireworks are not legal where you are, don’t use them. If drought conditions mean a ban on fireworks, then please do not launch them!
Only use fireworks as intended. Don’t try to alter them or combine them.
Always have water (hose or bucket) and an extinguisher handy.

Fireworks and alcohol do not mix. Have a designated “shooter”
When all else fails, use common sense. Respect fireworks and sparklers as the great American tradition they are, but also respect the fact that they must be used with caution.
And lastly, if after the festivities, you have enjoyed too many adult beverages, PLEASE get a designated driver to take you home!

I want to see you all back safe and sound and posting again after this weekend. I do NOT want to see you when I am responding because you have set your yard or house on fire, or because I am trying to cut you out of a vehicle on the side of the road!

That being said, don't forget those overseas and here that give us the ability to be able to celebrate our freedom, and although it is a couple days early....