Lame, but from the City…
The Charlottesville Fire Department would like to remind city residents that all fireworks are prohibited in the City of Charlottesville.
Nationally during the 4th of July holiday over 10,000 injuries occur each year from the use of consumer purchased fireworks. “Consumer purchased fireworks are not only illegal in the city but also just too dangerous to be used” said Charlottesville Fire Department Operations Battalion Chief Robert Bragg. It is also one of the busiest days of the year for the fire service with over 32,000 fires reported last year half of which were caused by illegal fireworks according to the National Fire Protection Association. “With the density of the city and the dry summer weather, fireworks are a major concern of the department. Fires caused by fireworks put both citizens and fire fighters at risk for unnecessary injuries” said Bragg.
The Save the Fireworks citizen committee, with support from the City of Charlottesville, will be providing a free fireworks display to celebrate the 4th of July, at McIntire Park shortly after dark on Saturday. In addition on Saturday, the public is welcome to join the community at the main firehouse on Ridge Street for the annual fourth ceremony at the liberty bell replica that has a home in Charlottesville. The ceremony featuring local children from the Boys Scouts and Girl Scouts begins at 2pm.
The Charlottesville Fire Department encourages everyone to have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend.
For further information contact PIO Robert Bragg 434-531-3531 or Fire Marshall W.A. Hogsten 434-970-3325
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Dry summer weather?
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The next city council candidate to take a stand to overturn the total ban on fireworks and replace it with a SANE set of restrictions gets my vote.
Maybe the fire department encourages safe. They restrict happy.
It is not hard to be safe with on-explosive fireworks. It’s only a little harder to be safe with consumer explosive fireworks.
why are they selling them on pantops in the ponderosa parking lot then?
I don’t know where the city/county line is near Pantops, but is it still in the city limits?
No. Pantops is in the county. The demising line is the Rivanna River which runs under Free Bridge.
I’ve been hearing fireworks every day for the past few months. That or gunshots. It’s hard to tell, sometimes.