Display of fireworks
Service description
Before setting off fireworks, the holder of the licence must notify the competent authority of the fireworks. This applies all year round to fireworks with pyrotechnic articles, in particular those in categories F2, F3 and F4.
If you are a licence holder and wish to set off fireworks, you must notify the local regulatory authority two weeks in advance. If there are railway installations, airports or federal waterways in the immediate vicinity, the notification must be made 4 weeks before the fireworks display.
Procedure
- You must file a complaint and submit all the necessary documents.
- The documents are then checked by the competent authority.
- After an initial check, the responsible regional council receives a copy of the notification.
- If you have any questions or uncertainties, the authority will contact you and invite you to a personal interview if necessary.
- You will receive a confirmation of notification and a notice of costs
Prerequisites
- You require a licence in accordance with § 7 or § 27 of the Explosives Act.
- If the licence does not include specialist knowledge, you also require a certificate of competence in accordance with Section 20 SprengG
- As the licence in particular is limited in time, it must be valid on the day of the fireworks display
- The categories of pyrotechnic articles you wish to use must be registered (except categories F1, F2, T1)
Which documents are required?
- Site plan with marked burn-off area and cordoned-off area
- Copy of the licence
- Copy(s) of the licence(s) of the pyrotechnician(s) used, if applicable
- Information on the type and scope of the fireworks and the pyrotechnic articles used
- Indication of distances to particularly fire-sensitive objects within a radius of 200 m
- Consent of the property owner, if applicable
What fees are incurred?
What deadlines do I have to observe?
Before the fireworks
Application deadline: 2 weeks
Before the fireworks display, if in the immediate vicinity of railway installations, airports or federal waterways
Application deadline: 4 weeks
Legal basis
Legal remedy
- Appeal against the decision on costs
- Action before the administrative court
Applications / Forms
A separate platform has been developed for online applications. On the so-called service platform, you can submit your applications electronically and much more! You are welcome to familiarise yourself with the application in advance without registering first. Use the simulation to do this. To be able to use the online application to its full extent, you must first register for the online application procedure.
What else should I know?
The regional councils are also responsible for the control of fireworks in Hesse.
Short text
- Display of fireworks
- Display of fireworks by licence holders
- Is for persons with a licence according to § 27 SprengG
- Is for entrepreneurs with a licence according to § 7 SprengG
- Notification period usually 2 weeks before the fireworks display
- Responsibility for accepting the notification: local regulatory authorities in Hesse
Further information
Issuing body
- Regional Council Kassel - Department 52 Occupational Safety 2
- Hessian Ministry of Labour, Integration, Youth and Social Affairs, Department III "Labour", Division III2: Material and medical occupational health and safety, medical device law
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