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AS 2187.4-1998
[Pending Revision]Explosives — Storage, transport and use, Part 4: Pyrotechnics — Outdoor displays
Specifies the requirements and precautions to be carried out, within a display site, for the storage, conveyance, handling and use of pyrotechnics for outdoor displays, and for conducting such displays. It does not apply to pyrotechnics for indoor theatrical and film sets, for marine distress signals, classified and shopgoods fireworks or for model rocket mortars.
Published: 05/07/1998
Pages: 20
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PREFACE
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 APPLICATION
1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
1.4 DEFINITIONS
1.5 INSURANCE
SECTION 2 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
2.1 PRODUCTS
2.1.1 Manufacture
2.1.2 Testing
2.1.3 Labelling and warnings
2.1.3.1 Aerial shells
2.1.3.2 Ground display fireworks
2.1.4 Instructions
2.2 TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
2.2.1 Packaging
2.2.2 Transport
2.2.3 Display site
2.2.4 Other than a display site
SECTION 3 SITING OF DISPLAY
3.1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
3.2 MINIMUM CLEARANCE DISTANCES
3.2.1 Ground level displays
3.2.1.1 Fountains, wheels, waterfalls, illuminations and other set pieces
3.2.1.2 Prefabricated bombardos and barrages up to 50 mm, and mines, roman candles, tourbillions and other ground effects pyrotechnics less than 75 mm
3.2.2 Aerial displays
3.2.2.1 General
3.2.2.2 Aerial shells
3.2.2.3 Salutes
3.2.3 Elevated displays
3.3 SITE REQUIREMENTS
3.4 FIRE PREVENTION
SECTION 4 OPERATIONS
4.1 GENERAL
4.1.1 Safety controls
4.1.2 Security of the display site
4.2 SAFETY
4.2.1 Considerations
4.2.2 Precautions
4.3 PERSONNEL
4.4 PREPARATION OF DISPLAY
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Mortars for aerial shells
4.4.2.1 Inspection of mortars
4.4.2.2 Support protection and securing of mortar tubes
4.4.2.3 Separation of mortars
4.4.3 Salute shells
4.4.4 Trailer-mounted mortars
4.4.5 Barrages and finales
4.4.6 Loading of aerial shells
4.4.7 Initiation equipment
4.4.7.1 Electrical firing
4.4.7.2 Hand firing
4.5 CONDUCT OF DISPLAY
4.5.1 General
4.5.2 Hand firing
4.5.3 Electrical firing
4.5.4 Reloading of mortar tubes during display
4.6 CLEAN-UP
4.7 RECORDS
SECTION 5 EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
5.1 ACCIDENTS
5.2 FIRE
5.3 MISFIRES—DISPOSAL
5.4 THEFT OR LOSS
APPENDIX A
A1 WARNINGS
A2 DESCRIPTION
A3 INSTRUCTION
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
Cited references in this standard
[Current]
Portable fire extinguishers, Part 2: Specific requirements for water type extinguishers
[Available Superseded]
Occupational protective footwear, Part 2: Test methods (ISO 20344:2004, MOD)
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