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Help to ensure public and operator safety around outdoor professional fireworks displays with the 2022 edition of NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display.

NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display, provides information on how professional outdoor fireworks displays must be set up to help protect both the workers handling the fireworks and those attending the fireworks display. The 2022 edition clarifies existing requirements and includes new requirements based on industry changes.

NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display, includes a number of comprehensive safety rules and requirements and can be used to achieve the following:

• Safely set up a professional fireworks display from the ground, elevated platforms, and floating vessels and platforms
• Determine how far away the audience should be from a fireworks display
• Satisfy regulations for state certification of display operators

Event and venue managers, insurance professionals, display operators, and state fire marshals, local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs), and other enforcing officials should all consult the 2022 edition of the code.

Updates to the 2022 edition of NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display, include the following:

• New information on multi-sized device spacing to address the separation distances required when such devices are used in one location
• Updated separation distance requirements

Help protect viewing audiences and operators and help prevent fires that could cause property damage with the newest edition of NFPA 1123.

If you're responsible for safety around fireworks displays, order your copy of the 2022 edition of NFPA 1123, Code for Fireworks Display, today to help prevent a potential disaster. (Print, 52 pp., 2022)