TRAVERSE CITY -- Happy 4th of July! People across the area are going to be busy picking their top spot to view the colorful fireworks displays.
You can find a list of fireworks happening through out northern Michigan by clicking on THIS LINK. Traverse City's is not on this statewide list - but they will be taking place over West Grand Traverse Bay at dusk.
If you are setting off any fireworks from home please be careful. A list of safety tips is available by CLICKING HERE.
Outdoor displays must comply with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards according to NFPA 1123: Code for Fireworks Display which can be found at www.nfpa.org. The legal devices below can be sold without a permit.
- Sparklers containing no more than .0125 pounds of burning portion per sparkler
- Flitter sparklers in paper tubes not exceeding 1/8 inch in diameter
- Toy smoke devices
- Toy caps containing not more than .25 grains of explosive content per cap
- Toy propellant devices, toy pistols, toy cannons, toy canes, toy trick noise makers, and toy guns in which paper caps are used
- Cone and cylinder fountains (emits showers of sparks)
- Toy snakes not containing mercury and packed no more than 12 per box
Permits are required for Class B fireworks and fireworks displays. Class B fireworks as defined in the Michigan Penal Code, Act 328 of 1931, as amended, section 750.243a(b) are: "…toy torpedoes, railway torpedoes, firecrackers or salutes that do not qualify as class C fireworks, exhibition display pieces, aeroplane flares, illuminating projectiles, incendiary projectiles, incendiary grenades, smoke projectiles or bombs containing expelling charges but without bursting charges, flash powders in inner units not exceeding 2 ounces each, flash sheets in interior packages, flash powder or spreader cartridges containing not more than 72 grains of flash powder each, and other similar devices."
You can find more information about the Michigan fireworks law by clicking on THIS LINK.
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