AS 2187.4-1998

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Explosives — Storage, transport and use, Part 4: Pyrotechnics — Outdoor displays

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Specifies the requirements and precautions to be carried out, within a display site, for the storage, conveyance, handling and use of pyrotechnics for outdoor displays, and for conducting such displays. It does not apply to pyrotechnics for indoor theatrical and film sets, for marine distress signals, classified and shopgoods fireworks or for model rocket mortars.

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PREFACE

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE

1.2 APPLICATION

1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

1.4 DEFINITIONS

1.5 INSURANCE

SECTION 2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 PRODUCTS

2.1.1 Manufacture

2.1.2 Testing

2.1.3 Labelling and warnings

2.1.3.1 Aerial shells

2.1.3.2 Ground display fireworks

2.1.4 Instructions

2.2 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE

2.2.1 Packaging

2.2.2 Transport

2.2.3 Display site

2.2.4 Other than a display site

SECTION 3 SITING OF DISPLAY

3.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

3.2 MINIMUM CLEARANCE DISTANCES

3.2.1 Ground level displays

3.2.1.1 Fountains, wheels, waterfalls, illuminations and other set pieces

3.2.1.2 Prefabricated bombardos and barrages up to 50 mm, and mines, roman candles, tourbillions and other ground effects pyrotechnics less than 75 mm

3.2.2 Aerial displays

3.2.2.1 General

3.2.2.2 Aerial shells

3.2.2.3 Salutes

3.2.3 Elevated displays

3.3 SITE REQUIREMENTS

3.4 FIRE PREVENTION

SECTION 4 OPERATIONS

4.1 GENERAL

4.1.1 Safety controls

4.1.2 Security of the display site

4.2 SAFETY

4.2.1 Considerations

4.2.2 Precautions

4.3 PERSONNEL

4.4 PREPARATION OF DISPLAY

4.4.1 General

4.4.2 Mortars for aerial shells

4.4.2.1 Inspection of mortars

4.4.2.2 Support protection and securing of mortar tubes

4.4.2.3 Separation of mortars

4.4.3 Salute shells

4.4.4 Trailer-mounted mortars

4.4.5 Barrages and finales

4.4.6 Loading of aerial shells

4.4.7 Initiation equipment

4.4.7.1 Electrical firing

4.4.7.2 Hand firing

4.5 CONDUCT OF DISPLAY

4.5.1 General

4.5.2 Hand firing

4.5.3 Electrical firing

4.5.4 Reloading of mortar tubes during display

4.6 CLEAN-UP

4.7 RECORDS

SECTION 5 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

5.1 ACCIDENTS

5.2 FIRE

5.3 MISFIRES—DISPOSAL

5.4 THEFT OR LOSS

APPENDIX A

A1 WARNINGS

A2 DESCRIPTION

A3 INSTRUCTION

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C