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<br />Table 1: Examples of Legal and Illegal Fireworks <br /> <br />EXAMPLES OF FIREWORKS THAT ARE <br />NOW LEGAL TO SELL; POSSESS AND USE <br />BY THE PUBLIC ON OR AFTER <br />APRIL 30, 2002 AS PERMITTED BY <br />MINNESOTA STATUTE 624.20 (C): <br /> <br />Wire or wood sparklers of not more than 100 <br />grams of mixture per item <br /> <br />EXAMPLES OF FIREWORKS THAT <br />CONTINUE TO BE ILLEGAL TO SELL <br />POSSESS AND USE, EXCEPT AS <br />PERMITTED UNDER MINNESOTA <br />STATUTE 624.20 <br /> <br />· Anv fireworks that are explosive <br />· Anv fireworks that are aerial <br /> <br />Other sparkling Items which are <br />nonexplosive and nonaerial and contain 75 <br />grams or less of chemical mixture per tube or a · Firecrackers (any size) <br />total of 200 grams or less for multiple tubes · Ladyfingers <br />and include: · Sky rockets <br />· CvIlndrical fountain Upon ignition, a shower of . Bottle rockets <br />colored sparks or smoke and sometimes a . Missile type rockets <br />whistling effect Is produced. H I' pt . I' I <br />. . Cone Fountain The effect Is the same as that of. e ICO ers, aena spinners, panes, <br />a cylindrical fountain. When more than 1 cone is UFOs <br />mounted on a common base, total pyrotechnic . Roman Candles <br />composition may not exceed 200 gr.ims . Mines or shells (heavy cardboard or <br />· lIIuminat/no Torch paper tube(s) attached to a base _ <br />· Wheel - Pyrotechnic device Intended to be upon ignition stars, balls or reports are <br />attached to a post or tree by means of a nail or <br />string. Upon ignition, the wheel revolves, propelled into the air) <br />producing a shower of color and sparks and, · Chasers <br />sometimes, a whistling effect . Parachutes <br />· Ground Solnner - Small device venting out an . 1.3G Display (special or class B) <br />orifice usually on the side of the tube. Similar in Areworks <br />operation to a wheel but Intended to be placed <br />flat on the ground and. ignited. The rapidly . Aerial shells <br />spinning device produces a shower of sparks . TheatricaJ pyrotechnics (see Minn. <br />and color. Stat. 624.20 to 624.25) <br />· Flitter Soarkler - Narrow paper tube attached to <br />a stick or wire that produces color and sparks <br />upon ignition. The paper at one end of the tube <br />is ignited to make the device functfon. <br />· Flash/Strobe - Emit a bright fight <br /> <br />Novelty items such as snakes and glow <br />worms, smoke devices, or trick noisemakers <br />which include paper streamers, party poppers, <br />string poppers, snappers, and drop pops, each <br />consisting of not more than twenty-five <br />hundredths grains of explosive mixture. <br /> <br />Basically, any fireworks listed above are <br />still not legal for public sale, possession or <br />use, except with a permit and by a certified <br />operator according to Minnesota Statute <br />624.20. .(i.e. these fireworks are still not <br />legal unless a permit has been issued by <br />the local jurisdiction a.nd they are used by <br />a state certified operator) <br /> <br />State Fire Marshal Fireworks Fact Sheet April 30, 2002 <br />www.f1re.state.mn.us <br />Page 2 of 6 <br />Questions: f1recode@state.mn.us <br /> <br />.,! <br />1.. : <br />'... l.. <br /> <br />, <br />'. <br /> <br />I. ~ <br /> <br />,-.;'.':''"'. <br />it; , <br />~~..-' <br /> <br />...: . <br />\~.-./ <br />