Organizations Opposed to Consumer Fireworks

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has an excellent website for information on the dangers of consumer fireworks (http://www.nfpa.org/safety-information/for-consumers/holidays/fireworks).  Below is a list of pediatric, medical, firefighter, and fire safety organizations that have joined the NFPA's Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks:

• American Academy of Pediatrics

• American Academy of Family Physicians

• American Academy of Ophthalmology

• American Association of Public Health Physicians

• American Burn Association

• American College of Emergency Physicians

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons

• American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery

• American Society for Surgery of the Hand

• National Association of School Nurses

• National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

• Prevent Blindness America

• Center for Injury Research & Policy

• Emergency Nurses Association

• Fire Department Safety Officers Association

• International Association of Fire Chiefs

• International Association of Fire Fighters

• International Fire Marshals Association

• Metropolitan Fire Chiefs

• International Association of Arson Investigators

• National Volunteer Fire Council

• National Association of State Fire Marshals

 


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