• Only buy fireworks marked BS 7114.
• Don’t drink alcohol if setting off fireworks.
• Keep fireworks in a closed box.
• Follow the instructions on each firework.
• Light at arm's length, using a taper.
• Stand well back.
• Never go near a firework that has been lit. Even if it hasn’t gone off, it could still explode.
• Never put fireworks in your pocket or throw them.
• Always supervise children around fireworks.
• Light sparklers one at a time and wear gloves.
• Never give sparklers to a child under five.
• Keep pets indoors.

And remember…
Fireworks. Be safe not sorry. Always follow the code.

• It is an offence to sell fireworks or sparklers to anyone under 18.
• It is illegal for anyone under 18 to possess fireworks or sparklers in a public place - you can be fined £80 by the Police for this.
• It is illegal to throw fireworks or set them off in a public place.
• Fireworks must not be set off after 11.00pm or before 7.00am (although they can be used until midnight on November 5th, and until 1.00am on New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year and Diwali night).
• It is an offence to tamper with or modify fireworks.
• Alcohol and fireworks don't mix.
• Take animals into consideration when using fireworks - it is illegal to cause unnecessary suffering to any animal.

• A sparkler reaches a temperature of up to 2,000 degrees Celsius – that’s 20 times the boiling point of water.
• Sparklers get five times hotter than cooking oil.
• A rocket can reach 150 miles an hour.
• A firework shell can go as high as 200 meters.
• Three sparklers burning together generate the same heat as a blow-torch.
• Why do you see the explosion before hearing it? The sound travels at 742 miles per hour, but light travels 670,616,625.6 miles per hour.
• A sparkler burns at five times the heat of a bonfire.
• The highest number of firework-related injuries happen at family or private parties.
• Around half of all injuries happen to children under the age of 16.
• The most common injuries are to hands followed by eyes and faces.
• Fireworks are safer now than they have been in the past thanks to the safety standard BS7114 – you should never buy or use fireworks which do not show on the label that they comply with this standard.