- Author
- Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- Fireworks.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Keywords
- firework accidents | fire statistics | injuries | death | children | NFIRS | NEISS | risks
- Identifiers
- fireworks statistical fact sheet; size of fireworks problem; characteristics of injuries by fireworks; risks of private fireworks use; data sources; how national estimates are calculated; selected published incidents involving fireworks
- Abstract
- In 2005, 10,800 fireworks-related injuries were treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms, the second highest total in the decade of 1996-2005. The trend in fireworksrelated injuries has been mostly up since 1996, with a sharp spike in 2000-2001, primarily due to celebrations around the advent of a new millennium. The highest injury rates were for children aged 10 to 14. In 2005, 19 out of 20 (95%) emergency room fireworks injuries involved fireworks that Federal regulations permit consumers to use. The risk of fire death relative to exposure shows fireworks to be the riskiest consumer product.