Although certain types of fireworks may not be on the market on New Years Eve this year, an information note has been prepared for those who do not want to let go of the popping.

Due to the control of the epidemic, public fireworks are banned this New Year’s Eve, and only low-risk category 1 and 2 devices can be used in private areas, the spokesman for the National Directorate General for Disaster Management (OKF) said on Wednesday. ). MTI-t. Daniel Mukics said: This also means that the usual New Years Eve pyrotechnics are not even commercially available.

Fireworks are divided into four classes:

  • The former include playful devices that can even be used indoors, such as cake fireworks, which pose no major risk. Anyone over 14 years old can buy them throughout the year, subject to a quantitative limit.
  • The second class includes small, low-risk fireworks that should be used outdoors. These can also be purchased throughout the year by those over 16 years of age, subject to the quantitative limit.
  • The third class includes medium-sized fireworks intended for outdoor use. Before the epidemic, they could be bought between December 28 and 31 and used on New Year’s Eve, but their sale and use are also prohibited this year.
  • The fourth class includes large fireworks that can only be used by a pyrotechnician; the public will be able to find them on August 20, for example.

This year, therefore, only fireworks can be bought and used in the first two categories, but operating in public places is also prohibited. This means that it is only possible to operate them in the patios of houses with gardens; for example, condominium balconies do not qualify as open spaces, where the safety distance specified in the accident prevention instructions cannot be observed.

Mukics emphasized that if someone wants to operate fireworks in the common courtyard of the condo, they can only do so if the condo policy allows it and the instructions in the instructions for use of those fireworks can be followed in the courtyard.

He also drew attention to the fact that fireworks should not be stored under radiant heat, in the same place as other flammable materials, in the attic, basement or basement, and kept out of the reach of children. Read the instructions for use before use, do not use products that have been moistened and then dried or damaged, do not direct them at people or animals, and do not throw used but still hot fireworks in the trash, because they will ignite. Since fireworks scare animals, if possible, the dog, the cat, should be able to enter the house at this time, the spokesperson asked.


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