Pyrotechnic articles
There are thousands of firework parties every year throughout Europe. Firework safety is so important as many people do not think about issues such as how fast the fireworks move (average rocket can travel at 150 miles an hour) and that they can reach temperatures up to 2,000 degrees.
Fireworks are illegal in Ireland.
Pyrotechnic articles should include fireworks, theatrical pyrotechnic articles and pyrotechnic articles for technical purposes, such as gas generators used in airbags or in seatbelt pretensioners.
‘Pyrotechnic article’ means any article containing explosive substances or an explosive mixture of substances designed to produce heat, light, sound, gas or smoke or a combination of such effects through self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions.
This Directive should not apply to: (...) Read more
Fireworks are illegal in Ireland. However, they are often available on the ’black market’, especially around Halloween. If you are using them the following precautions should be taken:
Safety is all about reducing the risk to as close to zero as possible. To this end always store your fireworks in a closed container, somewhere dry and cool. Preferably locked away and out of the reach of children Before you start ensure you have enough room in a safe place for the display. Pets hate (...) Read more
European Standards
The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN), is developing harmonised standards for fireworks. These standards will classify fireworks into categories of use and also specify construction, performance, packaging, labelling and test methods for fireworks. The proposed EU Regulation (above), will give legal status to EU harmonised standards and only fireworks which meet these standards or the essential safety requirements in the regulation, may be placed on the (...) Read more
(1) Each pyrotechnic article must attain the performance characteristics specified by the manufacturer to the notified body in order to ensure maximum safety and reliability.
(2) Each pyrotechnic article must be designed and manufactured in such a way that it can be disposed of safely by a suitable process with minimum effect on the environment.
(3) Each pyrotechnic article must function correctly when used for its intended purpose.
Each pyrotechnic article must be tested under realistic (...) Read more
