The committee also passed regulations that included a mandatory one-inch font for lettering on warning signs. Consumers will also be given safety information on how to properly use the fireworks.

Any store, tent or stand selling cake fireworks will be required to have 'person to person' contact before allowing customers to purchase the fireworks that can reach heights of up to 150 feet. 'I don't think it's fair that we place an undue step on the public or an undue burden on the retailers,' he said. He said it shouldn't be necessary to require contact with a store employee when buying cake fireworks when contact is not required to purchase other potentially dangerous substances like gas and ammunition. Cake fireworks can reach heights of 150 feet - 10 times the previous Utah limit for aerial fireworks.įoote said his request is reasonable because 'almost all retailers hire someone to pass out cheese and other snack foods on a weekly basis.'īoard chairman Ted Black disagreed. Steve Foote, a representative for Phantom Fireworks, said consumers should be required to interact with an employee before purchasing the fireworks so they know what they're buying. SALT LAKE CITY - Utahns wishing to buy newly legalized aerial fireworks will have to talk to a salesperson and accept safety information before purchasing them, according to new regulations set Tuesday by the Utah Fire Prevention Board.įire marshals from across the state, as well as representatives for fireworks manufacturers, spoke at the board's meeting about how the powerful aerial fireworks, which became legal Tuesday, known as 'cakes' should be regulated.

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