Summer Burn Safety
Fireworks and Families
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§NEVER allow children access to fireworks
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§If you enjoy fireworks displays, leave them to the professionals
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       If this slide doesn’t shock you, I don’t know what it would take. Sparkler temperatures can reach 1800 degrees. Would you give your children anything that could reach such a temperature?
Almost half of all fireworks injuries happen to children. Every year, burn center doctors and nurses are dismayed by the severe pain and scars children sustain from fireworks injuries. NEVER allow children access to fireworks.
Public fireworks displays managed by professionals can be an exciting experience. Such displays are accessible to almost everyone, with little risk to those who manage them and virtually none to those who watch.
(Bridge)  Nature provides magnificent fireworks itself in the form of lightning.   How dangerous is lightning to humans and what can be done to reduce this danger?