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It was Australia wide. A couple of studies from the NT and NSW:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=vie...id=NB03032.pdf
http://www.health.nt.gov.au/library/...ort%202009.pdf
The NSW study shows 114 injuries over a 10 year period, and the NT 177 (where fireworks are legal) over an 8 year period.
More people are hurt falling down the stairs than by fireworks. Perhaps we should outlaw stairs? :angel:
It would be interesting to know how many people let off fireworks each year and how many of those get hurt.
I agree. Stairs are very dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheerluck
NT has a very small population. Very small urban area.
It's also clear banning fireworks in NSW hasn't stopped irresponsible use of fireworks. Imagine how many more injuries there would be if they were legalised.
The thing about the fireworks displays we do have is they are licensed. I'm sure they have insurance cover as well. The license holder (licensee) is the person responsible if something went wrong.
If kiddies buy crackers across the counter, who is responsible when they blow my cats face off? If you think our kiddies are responsible enough to not do that? Think again.
That's a 'what if' that's impossible to quantify. However, as a comparison, the most recent stats I could find from the UK were from 2005, and 990 people were injured by fireworks, with 94 requiring a hospital stay. This is with triple the population, and 75 times greater population density.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
To be clear, I am not in favour of unregulated fireworks sales. That would be sheer lunacy. However, I think it is nuts that the NT thinks it is safe to sell fireworks, but the rest of the commonwealth does not. There must be a happy medium somewhere between the various states and territories, and the UK/US models.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh
I'm sitting here listening to illegal fireworks being set off. It's disturbing the cockeys which are making a hell of a racket.
Last night there was a fire in One Tree Hill just out of Adelaide. It was caused by illegal fireworks. If fireworks were made legal, there would be many more fires. Who will be responsible? Who will restore my Landrovers should they be burnt in a fire started by fireworks?
We were up at I think Black Rock last night to watch the fireworks in Melb city, and around the bay.
Awesome sight it all was.
As soon as the main event was finished, someone was letting off fireworks in the park where we were.
We had a 45 min drive home after that, and most of the way you could smell smoke in various areas. At first it was the destinct smell of the FW's, but through it you could also smell what was definately fire smoke, as in bush/grass.
For the last 2 weeks there have been fireworks set off near our house.
This year is by far the most fireworks I have seen set off illegally here.
I am actually surprised I haven't heard anything in the news about them.
Bloody Police and CFA being wowsers. It was only a serious injury to an 11 year old boy.
Pfft should be legal. I wonder if they could turn the clock back.............
From Loch CFA
https://twitter.com/LochCFA/status/419057239509307392
Men charged with illegally using fireworks - Victoria Police News
Two men have been charged after an 11-year-old boy was seriously injured following the alleged illegal use of fireworks last year.
The incident occurred at a Langwarrin residential premises early on New Year’s Day.
A 50-year-old Langwarrin man has been charged with conduct endangering serious injury, recklessly cause serious injury, recklessly cause injury and posses and use explosives (namely fireworks).
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Originally Posted by MR LR
I must be bored today, first time I read this thread.
When I was a kid you could buy fireworks down the corner shop.
I remember sticking a penny bunger in a nice big fresh pile of cow **** . if failed to go off , I waited a little incase it had a slow wick , went to relight it and got within a foot and BAAANG , I got absolutely covered in cow ****, My mum was not impressed.
I wonder if thats why I now have tinnitus ???
Also whatever happened to bolt bombs, we used to make them and let them off at school, was as big a craze as yo-yos and click -clacks . Its a wonder no one was maimed or killed.
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Originally Posted by Gillie
I live in one of the driest states in Australia.... The fuel load here is massive due to the wet winter we had. I was also sober on New Years Eve, because I was conscious that some selected muppets would be playing with fireworks!!!! 18 min into the New Year and I am at the wheel of one of our two appliances going to a grass fire in Gawler which is out of our area... The reason we were going... Gawler MFS were trying to protect houses from a fire started by fireworks, and Concordia were at the fire Mick mentioned earlier in One Tree Hill!!!!!! Within the first 20min of 2014 there were over 60 calls and most of them due to fireworks!!! All of us on all of those fire trucks have not been able to 100% relax, drink and enjoy the evening.... So, yes...anyone caught mucking around with them needs locking up in my opinion! :mad: