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titaniumsalute

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17. As a pyrotechnician I disagree

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 12:12 PM

Jan 2013

I would agree that anyone using pyrotechnics illegally or without experience is a very bad idea especially indoors. However, if done correctly with trained technicians, you can do amazing effects without anyone getting hurt.

We do 2,000 displays every year and have for decades. We've never had these problems being safety is paramount.

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Brazil Nightclub Fire Likely Killed More than 200: Police [View all] Hissyspit Jan 2013 OP

Using pyrotechnics in a nightclub is still a bad idea. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #1

By coincidence dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #6

As a pyrotechnician I disagree titaniumsalute Jan 2013 #17

Per CNN 2,000 in the nightclub davidpdx Jan 2013 #2

That's twice as many that died in The Station nightclub fire... Cooley Hurd Jan 2013 #3

There's a link at that Wiki to this video: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2013 #16

The Station Nightclub, revisited....terrible. MADem Jan 2013 #4

I was surprised that everyone on the news compared it to the Station Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #19

I don't remember hearing about that one! I was doing a lot of travelling at that time, though, MADem Jan 2013 #20

I was working at the ProJo at the time Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #21

You know what? Now that you mention it, I DO remember seeing a compare/contrast MADem Jan 2013 #23

A theme emerges... Bosonic Jan 2013 #5

Pyrotechnics were also involved in a 2004 night club fire in Argentina that killed 194 people. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #10

Truly awful dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #7

The death toll is up to 245 Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #8

The night of the full moon Berlum Jan 2013 #9

Horrific DesertRat Jan 2013 #11

Tragic, but this is not the only bad news from Brazil today frazzled Jan 2013 #12

A heavily biased article. ocpagu Jan 2013 #18

That was happening in Georgetown and other neighborhoods in DC a few years ago... MADem Jan 2013 #22

Truly tragic, but there is a lesson to be learned here. Marksman_91 Jan 2013 #13

This has happened so many times that it's obviously something beyond stupidity Heywood J Jan 2013 #14

Argentina to send skin grafts for Brazilian fire victims Judi Lynn Jan 2013 #15