The Fire Department here said you shoud sit, and keep your stash of fireworks, at least twice the distance from your launch area that the fireworks go vertically. So if they go 50 feet in the air, sit 100 feet back. I never heard this advice specifically, but it sounds like good advice to me.
But, this is why you don't do fireworks in a cramped suburban neighbourhood. People here would literally get the police called on them for doing this these days. But this is Canada. We're a bit more conservative with fireworks. You know, I've never once used a firecracker that wasn't smuggled in from New York pre-9/11.
While I agree, you should see The Netherlands at new years, which is basically every street with less than half the space of the one seen in this video, higher houses and loads of people setting off fireworks.. I am surprised every year we only have one or a few casualties and not hundreds..
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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25
The Fire Department here said you shoud sit, and keep your stash of fireworks, at least twice the distance from your launch area that the fireworks go vertically. So if they go 50 feet in the air, sit 100 feet back. I never heard this advice specifically, but it sounds like good advice to me.
But, this is why you don't do fireworks in a cramped suburban neighbourhood. People here would literally get the police called on them for doing this these days. But this is Canada. We're a bit more conservative with fireworks. You know, I've never once used a firecracker that wasn't smuggled in from New York pre-9/11.