Ill. Admin. Code tit. 41, § 235.100 - Consumer Fireworks Display Compliance Standards
All outdoor consumer displays shall be conducted in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
a) The location at which the consumer
fireworks display will be detonated must be at least 200 feet, in all
directions, away from any spectators, buildings, structures, or property lines,
and must be free of any overhead obstructions.
b) A fire extinguisher or water hose or
buckets of water, sand and a shovel must be present while consumer fireworks
are being prepared for firing, fired, and at all times after the display until
all duds, misfires, and unused product have been properly disposed of and until
the consumer operator has determined that fallout from the display does not
pose a risk of fire.
c) Consumer
operators shall only possess, use or explode approved consumer fireworks.
Consumer fireworks must be stored in a ready box, made of wood or metal, at all
times. The ready box must be covered at all times, including during the
discharge of a firework at the discharge site to prevent the accidental
discharge of stored fireworks from fallout.
d) The consumer operator must be in
possession of and be able to produce his/her consumer fireworks display permit
and certificate of training at all times he/she is present at the display site.
If the consumer operator uses assistants, those assistants must be in
possession of, and be able to produce, their certificates of training at all
times they are present at the display site.
Notes
Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 16562, effective October 6, 2010
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