Fourth of July safety

With the Fourth of July holiday weekend approaching, now is the time to brush up on firework safety.
Today, at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s annual fireworks demonstration, experts will set off dramatic explosions in Washington, D.C., recreating demonstrations of how people have been killed or injured by fireworks. Apart from burn injuries, the next greatest cause of concern is the potential for wildfires.
This morning, Harrison County Fire Chief Pat Sullivan shared some of the things firework users should be mindful of this Fourth of July. “On homes, what we see is bottle rockets landing on roofs and not necessarily catching the roof itself on fire, but if there’s straw or leaves or things on top of the roof. We’ve seen bottle rockets land on roofs and start fires that way. You have to be careful of that. You don’t want to shoot them around people and you don’t want to shoot them on top of people’s homes.”
Chief Sullivan says parents should monitor young adults and children during firework usage and know what specific fireworks actually do before lighting the fuse.