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THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Welch
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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In Support of Fireworks Safety Month
FOR the purpose of celebrating Fireworks Safety Month by reminding Baltimore City youth and their parents that it is illegal to use or even have fireworks in Baltimore City and sharing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s warning to youth about the dangers of fireworks.
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Recitals
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission makes a special effort to warn children about the dangers of fireworks in an age-appropriate publication that the City Council urges the children of Baltimore to pay particular attention to:
Hot Stuff
“Fireworks - Hot Stuff?
Fireworks are hot stuff - but not the kind you want to get near.
Thousands of kids go to the hospital emergency rooms with injuries from fireworks every year. Most injuries occur around the Fourth of July.
Fireworks injuries can be pretty gross - like losing your eyes or hands or fingers. Here are some kids’ stories - every one of them true.
· A 12 year-old, celebrating his team’s basketball championship, lost an eye when he and his friends set off fireworks. He now wears a glass eye.
· A 7 year-old boy lost half his left hand when he ignited an M-80 firework found hidden in a family bedroom. The M-80 exploded in the boy’s hand.
· An 8 year-old girl was badly burned on her leg when a sparkler ignited her dr...
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