3 Tips for a Safe Fireworks Display

Since America’s first anniversary in 1777, fireworks have been used to celebrate America’s independence. While Philadelphia was the first city to celebrate Independence Day with a fiery boom of fireworks and bonfires, nearly every town and city in America now hosts their own fireworks displays, which can cost anywhere from about $10,000 for small town displays and upwards of several million dollars for multi-day, corporate-sponsored celebrations. 

In additions to big fireworks shows and celebratory extravaganzas, many families choose to celebrate with their own fireworks displays at home, usually with firecrackers and sparklers or other small fireworks. But although fireworks are used with the intention of joy and celebration, injuries, fires and home insurance claims can be consequences of lighting up the night on the Fourth of July.