Public service announcement for your safety

The Bolivar Bulletin-Times and Boom City Fireworks have partnered together to help ensure you have a safe and happy Independence Day Celebration. This Fourth of July, the Bolivar Bulletin-Times and Boom City Fireworks wishes you a safe holiday and encourages you to take precautions to ensure you and those around you enjoy your holiday celebration injury free. July 4th fireworks safety starts with common sense:
Using consumer fireworks on our nation’s birthday is as American as apple pie, backyard barbecues and parades on Main Street. And it is equally safe if a few common sense rules are followed, says Nancy Blogin, President of the National Council on Fireworks Safety. Nancy notes that thanks to testing of consumer fireworks in China, through the American Fireworks Standards Laboratory and other testing programs, and rigorous enforcement of federal fireworks regulations by the CPSC, consumer fireworks today are safer than ever before. But Nancy notes that fireworks related accidents do occur each year. However, most could be eliminated if some basic safety steps had been taken.

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