NEVER:

Launch fireworks off your body
Shoot fireworks at other people
Try to relight “dud” fireworks
Drink alcohol and use fireworks
People die doing these things ever year. Death by firework is bad.

DO: Light fireworks from a safe distance and launch them into the sky as intended.

The data:

Between 2013 and 2022, an average of 3,200 young people a year between the ages of 13 and 24 went to the emergency room with firework-related injuries. Many are missing hands and fingers. Some die.

Learn more about fireworks safety on our Fireworks Safety Education Center.