Dangers of Fireworks. U.S. Fire Administration Topical Fire Research Series, Volume 1, Issue 7, January 2001 (Rev. December 2001)

摘要

Injuries from fireworks-most of which occur around the 4th of July-increased from 8,800 in 2002 to 9,300 in 2003. Over the past 13 years, however, the injury rate has fallen 37%-from 4.3 to 3.2 injuries per 100,000 population. State laws regulating the sale of fireworks directly affect the occurrence of fireworks-related injuries. Children under the age of 15 suffered 45% of all injuries from fireworks. Most injuries (72%) are to males of all ages. Firecrackers were responsible for the greatest number of injuries (1,600) in 2003, followed by bottle rockets (1,000) and sparklers (700). Because most fires ignited by fireworks are to outside property, the dollar loss to these fires is substantially less than the dollar loss to structure fires.