Here are some tips to follow to ensure that you and your family stay safer:
- Attend an organised firework display.
- If you’re having fireworks at home, always follow the Firework Code Opens in a new window and let your neighbours know.
- Think about pets, yours and those living nearby. Blue Cross Opens in a new window has advice for reducing stress for pets.
Know the law
- It’s illegal to let fireworks off between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am except on Bonfire Night (midnight), Diwali, New Year and Chinese New Year (1.00 am).
- It’s illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to purchase fireworks.
- Fireworks can only be sold between 15 October and 10 November, and between 26 and 31 December, Chinese New Year and Diwali and the 3 days preceding (unless they have applied to us for an annual licence to sell them throughout the year).
- It’s illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to possess fireworks in a public place.
Contact Emergency Planning
- Email: emergency.planning@torbay.gov.uk
- Tel: 01803 701310
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