PEORIA, Ill. — The Peoria Police Department would like to remind the public what type of fireworks are legal and illegal, and the dangers associated with using fireworks.
In response to police calls regarding illegal fireworks use over the last few years, an effort was made to educate anyone planning on buying consumer fireworks.
The Peoria Police Department begun hanging red placards in neighborhoods throughout the city of Peoria.
Public Information Officer Amy Dotson says, the placards provide detailed information on legal and illegal fireworks.
Dotson says Individuals found in violation of the City of Peoria Fireworks Ordinance (11-91) are subject to a $250 fine.
A list has been provided of the following types of fireworks that are permitted in Peoria, and mirror the Office of the State Fire Marshall regulations:
APPROVED CONSUMER FIREWORKS ARE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
Cones including Showers of Sparks, Fountains and Repeaters (also known as Cakes),Mines, Comets, Tubes, Shells, Fancy Florals and Parachutes
UNREGULATED (ALSO ALLOWED) NOVELTY FIREWORKS:
Snake or glow worm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as “party poppers”, “booby traps”, “snappers”, “trick matches”, “cigarette loads”, and “auto burglar alarms”; sparklers; toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, provided they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion; toy pistol paper or plastic caps that contain less than twenty hundredths grains of explosive mixtures.
PROHIBITED CONSUMER FIREWORKS (INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO):
Handheld fireworks, bottle rockets, firecrackers of any size or type, sky rockets, roman candles, chasers, buzz bombs, helicopters, missiles, planes, sky lanterns, pin wheels, any ground items other than those identified as Approved Consumer Fireworks.
“Sparklers are allowed, but are discouraged due to the heat produced 1200 to 2000 degrees or enough to melt glass,” said Dotson.
Please follow these safety guideline recommendations for the approved types of fireworks:
Choose a level surface free of grass, weeds, or other combustible material for at least
ten feet in all directions.
Keep children and pets out of this discharge area, only responsible adults should
handle or light fireworks.
Always keep a hose or bucket of water on hand.
Once the fireworks are spent, they should be placed into a bucket of water to soak
overnight before placing them in the garbage.
Individuals found in violation of the City of Peoria Municipal Ordinance 11-91, (Fireworks), are subject to a $250 citation.
