State requirements, built into the plan
Display companies have built site plans the same way for decades. Find the site in Google Earth, draw the fallout circle, move it into an editor, add the notes and the wording the permit office wants, export. That is 30 to 60 minutes per plan, 20 or more every time something changes, and the same work again next season. At 50 shows a year, that is 25 to 50 hours before a single change.
With Pyrositeplan a new plan takes about 15 minutes. Last year's show with a new date takes under 5: duplicate the plan, change the date, export.
NFPA 1123 is the starting point, but some states ask for more. Pyrositeplan applies those requirements for you, so you are not keeping a separate checklist for every state you shoot in.
Virginia
When your show is in Virginia, Pyrositeplan applies Virginia's larger distance requirement automatically, and the position panel tells you the distance came from Virginia regulations.
The requirement: the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, 13VAC5-52-530, amends Section 5608.4 so that the site for an outdoor land or water display has at least a 100-foot per inch radius of internal mortar diameter of the largest shell to be fired.
Source: 13VAC5-52-530
Texas
When your show is in Texas, the plan prints a compliance block above the title block, covering the statements Texas permit reviewers look for: the secured distance on all sides of the site, the required clearance from health care, detention and correctional facilities, the clearance from churches, hospitals, schools and child care centers, the hazardous materials statement, and a line to describe how the site is secured.
The requirement: the State Fire Marshal's display permit application, TDI form SF044, requires the site diagram to show the display address, the firing site, the spectators, the minimum secured area and the method of security on all sides of the firing site, health care, detention and correctional facilities, school buildings and churches, and any hazardous materials, and to say so on the diagram when none are nearby. Texas Occupations Code Section 2154.251 prohibits exploding or igniting fireworks within 600 feet of a church, a hospital other than a veterinary hospital, an asylum, a licensed child care center, or a public or private primary or secondary school or institution of higher education, unless that organization authorizes it in writing.
Sources: TDI form SF044, Texas Occupations Code Sec. 2154.251
West Virginia
When your show is in West Virginia, the plan prints a Fire Chief or Legal Designee approval box with signature, printed name, date and title, ready to sign in ink. You can move it anywhere on the page.
The requirement: the State Fire Marshal's Application for Public Display Fireworks Permit asks for a detailed satellite map of the display site, to scale, with distances marked in feet, and states that the Fire Chief or legal designee must sign the map.
Source: WV display permit application
Pyrositeplan helps you meet these requirements. You remain responsible for local, state and federal rules, and your authority having jurisdiction has the final word.
Sources
- Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, 13VAC5-52-530 (Virginia Law)
- Texas Department of Insurance, form SF044, Permit Application for Class B Fireworks (1.3G) Singular or Multiple Display
- Texas Occupations Code, Section 2154.251 (Texas Legislature)
- West Virginia State Fire Marshal, Application for Public Display Fireworks Permit