Mandatory Fireworks Safety Meeting                                 

The mandatory Fireworks Safety Meetings will be held at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 8, and Thursday, June 10, 2010, in the City Hall Council Chambers.  We request that your people arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting to facilitate signing in and being ready for the presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Please make sure you have an adequate number of people in attendance to cover the days of operation for the fireworks booth.  We recommend at least 20 people in attendance for the safety meeting from your organization. Remember, one (1) person must be in attendance in the booth, at all times, that has attended the Fireworks Safety meeting. Booths not in compliance will be restricted from sales until being brought into compliance.

To accommodate everyone please comply with the following: 

1) Due to the limited space available in the Council Chambers, have only the people attend who will participate in the program.  

2) Due to the lengthy presentation, including the material covered, we request you do not bring children to the Fireworks meeting.  

Please have a safe and sane 4th of July,

Application for Permit to Sell Safe & Sane Fireworks

Permits to sell Safe and Sane fireworks shall be issued by the Fire Chief.  Applications for a permit will be distributed to successful organizations in the annual drawing or may be picked up at the Fire Department by eligible organizations.   Such organizations will have met all the applicable requirements set forth in the Application for Permits section and the Permit Issuance section of the City of Porterville Fireworks Ordinance.

Applications from successful organizations in the annual drawing shall be submitted to the Porterville Fire Department by 5:00 p.m. on April 30, 2010.

The following is the information necessary to apply for a permit to sell Safe and Sane Fireworks in the City of Porterville.

The application must be signed by a bonafide officer of the eligible organization and on behalf of the organization and its agents, shall agree to abide by State Laws and Administrative Regulations and all the stipulations of the City of Porterville Fireworks Ordinance, if permission to operate a fireworks stand be granted to the organization.

Suppliers of Safe and Sane Fireworks are listed below (others may exist):

Big Bear/Phantom Fireworks                            TNT Fireworks         (800) 246-9630

Jamie Smith    (559) 459-0610                         Louis Linney            Cell   360-1242

                       Cell   286-9447                         Jennifer Schnell        Cell   362-9308

email: jsmith@fireworks.com                           email: schnellj@tntfireworks.com

Please note the important dates for the sales period.  Sales commence at 12:00 noon on July 1st and end at 10:00 p.m. on July 4th.

If you have any questions, please contact Battalion Chief Loran Blasdell at (559) 782-7526.