{"id":117,"date":"2018-06-29T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T16:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/?p=117"},"modified":"2024-10-18T12:51:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T16:51:52","slug":"updates-to-pa-fireworks-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/updates-to-pa-fireworks-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates to PA Fireworks Regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have questions or concerns relative to the New State Regulations reagrding Fireworks selling, purchasing &amp; use?\u00a0 Please see the summary below prepared by the Township\u2019s Code Officer.\u00a0 After reading the same, should you have enforcement concerns, please contat the Police Department at (610) 655-4911 \u2013 of course, if it is a serious matter, please call 911.<\/p>\n<p>As of October 2017, the Pa State Laws regarding fireworks underwent some significant changes. You are now going to see the availability to purchase and use larger and louder fireworks (i.e.\u00a0<em>Consumer fireworks)<\/em>. Here are some significant facts about the laws and the new changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All fireworks licensing is administered and enforced by the Pa Dept. of Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Fireworks are generally categorized in 3 types:\n<ul>\n<li><em>Novelty\u00a0<\/em>(the small basic stuff that has always been allowed)<\/li>\n<li><em>Consumer\u00a0<\/em>(the bigger, louder ones that can go up in the air)<\/li>\n<li><em>Display\u00a0<\/em>(the big ones you see at fairs and large events and the fire company is present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The standard\u00a0<em>Novelty Fireworks\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<u>only<\/u>\u00a0the following\u00a0<em>Consumer Fireworks\u00a0<\/em>can be sold at the\u00a0<u>temporary<\/u>\u00a0fireworks tents all over the State:\n<ul>\n<li>Helicopter, Aerial Spinners<\/li>\n<li>Roman Candles<\/li>\n<li>Mine and Shell Devices (not exceeding 500 grams)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>All\u00a0<em>Consumer<\/em>\u00a0fireworks can be purchased at\u00a0<u>permanent<\/u>\u00a0licensed facilities in the State. Examples of these are:\n<ul>\n<li>Sparklers<\/li>\n<li>Cylindrical Fountains<\/li>\n<li>Cone Fountains<\/li>\n<li>Illuminating Torches<\/li>\n<li>Wheels<\/li>\n<li>Ground Spinners<\/li>\n<li>Flitter Sparklers<\/li>\n<li>Toy Smoke Devices<\/li>\n<li>Wire Sparkler\/Dipped Sticks<\/li>\n<li>Aerial Devices such as\n<ul>\n<li>Sky Rockets<\/li>\n<li>Bottle Rockets<\/li>\n<li>Missile-Type Rockets<\/li>\n<li>Helicopter, Aerial Spinners<\/li>\n<li>Roman Candles<\/li>\n<li>Mine and Shell Devices<\/li>\n<li>Aerial Shell Kits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Regulations for the\u00a0Use of consumer fireworks are as follows:\n<ul>\n<li>A person who is at least 18 years of age may purchase, possess and use consumer fireworks.<\/li>\n<li>A person may not intentionally ignite or discharge Consumer fireworks:\n<ul>\n<li>on public or private property without the express permission of the owner.<\/li>\n<li>within, or throw consumer fireworks or sparkling devices from, a motor vehicle or building.<\/li>\n<li>into or at a motor vehicle or building or at another person.<\/li>\n<li>while the person is under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance or another drug.<\/li>\n<li>within 150 feet of an occupied structure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Temporary fireworks tents may only sell fireworks between June 15 \u2013 July 8 and Dec 21 \u2013 Jan 2 of each year<\/li>\n<li><em>Display Fireworks\u00a0<\/em>are not permitted to be sold or used in Pa without proper licensing from the Pa Dept. of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<li>Any violation of the laws, whether selling or using illegal fireworks, is enforced by the Pa Dept. of Agriculture.<\/li>\n<li>Pa State Police and Amity Township Police have the right to confiscate fireworks should a violation of the law be found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional information regarding the new laws can be found at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agriculture.pa.gov\/Business_Industry\/fireworks\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pa Dept of Agriculture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have questions or concerns relative to the New State Regulations reagrding Fireworks selling, purchasing &amp; use?\u00a0 Please see the summary below prepared by the Township\u2019s Code Officer.\u00a0 After reading the same, should you have enforcement concerns, please contat the Police Department at (610) 655-4911 \u2013 of course, if it is a serious matter,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latestnews","category-4","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amitytownshippa.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}