Exercise Caution With Holiday Fireworks

By Gilbert Nicholson

Whether it’s bottle rockets, Roman candles, hand-held sparklers or the traditional firecracker, it wouldn’t be New Year’s without fireworks.

But before considering the traditional safety tips, it’s wise to know if shooting fireworks is legal to begin with. The answer is yes, no and maybe.

County and city governments – both large and small – are a patchwork of fireworks regulations, with some more lenient than others.“Hoover, like many other cities in the Birmingham-Hoover metro area, has adopted the 2009 International Fire Code, which prohibits the ‘possession, manufacture, storage, sale, handling and use of fireworks’ in the city limits,” said Brian Hale, public information officer for the Hoover Police Department.

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