In advance of the Fourth of July, the Office of the State Fire Marshal has released a checklist for how to tell the difference between illegal and legal fireworks.
In advance of the Fourth of July, the Office of the State Fire Marshal has released a checklist for how to tell the difference between illegal and legal fireworks.
The highlights include:
Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/crime/2012/07/02/fireworks-cheat-sheet-are-they-legal/
What: If you are in the area, take in the brief Long Beach firework show to ring in the new year.
BELLINGHAM - City Council will soon take up a draft ordinance to ban all personal-use fireworks inside the city, after members of the council's public works and public safety committee agreed Monday, April 22, that restrictions in existing city law are not effective enough.
The three committee members, chairman Stan Snapp and members Terry Bornemann and Gene Knutson, directed Mayor Kelli Linville and staff to bring a fireworks ban ordinance to the full council for discussion and review. According to state law, such a ban could not take effect until one year after enactment, so there would be no impact on Fourth of July 2013.
It is also far from certain that a total ban will be able get the majority of council votes that failed to materialize when the question came up in past years.
Stadium High School is on lockdown after a student was found with homemade fireworks, Tacoma police said.
A small bomb made with a bundle of sparkler fireworks exploded outside the Tacoma DOC field office at Center and J streets, according to Tacoma police.
BELLINGHAM - A draft ordinance banning all personal fireworks in the city is getting closer to a vote by City Council.
The existing city fireworks ordinance, adopted in 2002 and amended in 2005, generally limits personal fireworks use in the city to Dec. 31, Jan. 1 and July 4. The ordinance also restricts the size of fireworks that can be sold and discharged even on those days.
But violations of that ordinance are common, and so are complaints to police about the noise. Some city residents have argued that a total ban would be easier to enforce and would eventually curb both the nuisance noise and the risks to public safety.
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