Stage fireworks
Stage fireworks as a legal term includes all fireworks that may be shot in the immediate vicinity of people.
As theater fireworks , in common usage also hall fireworks or indoor fireworks , such fireworks are referred to which are permitted in enclosed spaces.
For this reason, the hall Fireworks is mostly on small fireworks items, theater and radio flashes , pillars of flame or stage fountains or Bengal - and shellac fire limited.
Legal regulations
For fireworks, generous safety distances are generally provided, which are related to the particular dangers that pyrotechnics pose . For effects that are more than just toys or joke items , these ranges are usually 30 meters and more. When used on stages , as they are necessary in the theater and at concerts , this is usually not feasible: Both the actors on the stage and the front rows of the audience usually come within a few meters. This situation requires both special fireworks and special measures with regard to launching.
Typical measures include avoiding the use of lightning bolts , magnesium sets that burn very hot, as well as a very precise construction that allows precise statements about the height and diameter of the effect, careful quality control of products and strict compliance with the product instructions on the part of the pyrotechnician.
The German legislator places stage fireworks in the technical fireworks class , i.e. fireworks with a special application. In Austria, which handles this class differently, the use is regulated by special decrees and expert reports .
Stage fireworks
Stage fireworks are pyrotechnic effects that do not pose a risk to people in the immediate vicinity in terms of their development of sparks, smoke, bangs and flashes of light.
Is necessary that both outdoor stages ( open-air ) as well as in confined spaces (the theater fireworks in the legal sense).
Theatrical fireworks
Theater fireworks must not contain substances that emit toxic gases. For this reason, their fire sets do not contain any sulfur compounds (formation of sulfur dioxide ).
Of course, no fireworks may be used for hall fireworks that move through the hall after lighting or that explode too violently.
When installing hall fireworks, great care must be taken to ensure that the safety distances to other flammable objects are maintained.
use
A prominent example of stage pyrotechnics is the Eurovision Song Contest , where the pyrotechnic effects can often be seen. Hall fireworks are nowadays used with great preference at rock concerts or similar events to accompany the stage show. They have also been used in theaters for a long time. Weddings and other celebrations are often adorned with Bengali light pictures , fire shows or Perchten runs rely on stage fireworks, and these products are also indispensable for special effects .
Examples
- Sparkler
- Bengal light (not all versions!)
- Shellac fire
See also
- Technical fireworks , in common parlance often used for items of today's category T1 and T2 (= pyrotechnic items for use on stages) as well as P1 and P2
- Indoor fireworks , an ancient name for small class II fireworks
- Table fireworks , the corresponding term for class I small fireworks