Ill. Admin. Code tit. 41, § 235.60 - Indoor Special Effects Fireworks and Flame Effect Display Compliance Standards
a) All indoor
special effects, flame effect displays and pyrotechnic services and storage
shall be conducted in accordance with:
1) NFPA
1126, as modified by 41 Ill. Adm. Code
230.260;
2) NFPA 160, as modified by 41 Ill. Adm. Code
230.270;
and/or
3) NFPA 140.
b) The building in which the
display or pyrotechnic service will occur must meet one of the following
requirements:
1) The building must be
protected throughout, including both the seating area and stage, by an
automatic sprinkler system; or
2)
The stage must be protected by an automatic sprinkler system and have a
proscenium curtain, as required by NFPA 101, that will automatically deploy in
the event of a fire. No special effects fireworks device and/or flame effect
device may be set up on the stage forward of the curtain, i.e., on the audience
side of the curtain; or
3) In
stadia and arenas without automatic sprinkler system protection over the floor
area used for contest, performance, or entertainment; over the seating areas;
or over open-air concourses where, as required by NFPA 101, Section 12.3.5,
Exception 4, an approved engineering analysis substantiated the ineffectiveness
of the sprinkler protection due to building height and combustible loading. In
the event a display will occur in a stadium or arena that does not have an
automatic sprinkler system protecting the floor area used for contest,
performance or entertainment, the seating areas or the open-air concourses, the
applicant shall submit, to the local governmental authority and to the fire
chief of the local jurisdiction or his/her designee, a written engineering
analysis prepared by a licensed professional engineer and the written
permission of the building owner.
c) At any time pyrotechnic materials are
on-site, they must be stored in the on-site storage magazine that must be, at
minimum, a Type 3 Storage "Day Box" that complies with ATF and DNR (62 Ill.
Adm. Code
200.700 )
requirements for Type 3 magazines.
d) Each local governmental authority that
intends to approve permits for indoor special effects displays, indoor flame
effect displays or pyrotechnic services must have at least one inspector who is
knowledgeable about NFPA 140, 160 and 1126 and who has received training from
OSFM in the safe setup of special fireworks and/or flame effect devices and the
inspection of those displays.
e) At
least one inspector from the local jurisdiction must be present during the
actual display or pyrotechnic service in a building that meets the requirements
of subsection (b)(1). A minimum of one inspector and one member of the local
fire service must be present during the actual display or pyrotechnic service
in a building that meets the requirements of subsections (b)(2) and (b)(3).
During the event, the inspector shall be in the immediate area of the lead
pyrotechnic operator and the member of the local fire service shall be on the
audience side of the proscenium curtain. In the event the show is of a
repetitive nature and will be performed more than 3 times, continued stand-by
of the inspector and the member of the local fire service after the third
performance is at the fire chief's discretion. In the event the performance of
the display is modified in a manner that affects the location or timing of the
effects or the materials and/or products being used, then the inspector must be
present during the initial 3 performances of the modified display.
f) Each inspector or member of the local fire
service assigned in subsection (e) must have working knowledge of the
supplemental fixed or portable fire fighting equipment located at the display
area and have a radio for direct communication in an emergency. They shall also
be knowledgeable about crowd management and how to evacuate the
building.
g) At the time an
individual applies for an indoor pyrotechnic permit from the local
jurisdiction, written notice of the permit application and the indoor display
or pyrotechnic service information shall be made in writing at least 15 days in
advance of the date of the pyrotechnic display or pyrotechnic service to OSFM
unless agreed to otherwise by OSFM. [425 ILCS
35/2.1 ]
h) Permits shall be signed by the chief of
the fire department providing fire protection to the area of display or
pyrotechnic service, or his or her designee, and must identify the licensed
pyrotechnic distributor or licensed production company and the lead pyrotechnic
operator. [425 ILCS
35/2.1 ]
Notes
Amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 16562, effective October 6, 2010
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