Safety
The new NFPA 1126.2006 is now the standard benchmark
Safety is the number one priority at Magic F/X. Our trained staff uses exclusively High Quality, legally approved materials and products. The state of art controlled ignition of the Pyrotechnics effects guarantees a degree of safety that you can rely on- and the perfect timing of the show. We pride ourselves in working with local authorities to produce a show that is as safe as possible. We have helped with training workshops for the Ohio Fire Academy Training School for Fire Marshals and other Fire Authorities.
Our custom design and professional staging of your indoor fireworks event can take your product launch, sporting extravaganza or corporate award banquet to the next level. We are ready to WOW your audience and rock your event.
Magic F/X offers Pyrotechnical Displays that will ignite the inside of a hotel ballroom or an outdoor stadium with excitement and energy. Enter into a new realm of expression and visualization with a signature piece in the form of a specialized custom full scale indoor/outdoor close proximate pyrotechnics, flame, snow, smoke and other special effects designed by our team. Let us show you the Magic, in Magic F/X.
Zigmont Magic F/X, Inc. holds various licenses with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the State of Ohio, Texas, Nevada, Colorado and Florida, and various other localities to allow us to import, transport, store, manufacture and display all types of explosives involved in a pyrotechnic display. Every display Magic F/X shoots shall have permits from the local authorities having jurisdiction. We provide along with the permits a $1,000,000.00 1.4 Explosives liability insurance policy that is required on all pyro shoots.
A Pyro show
Always hire a trained effects specialist technician that is ATF licensed and NFPA 1126.2006 certified to pull permits, plan, design, buy and operate pyrotechnics for the show.
We submit an application with a plan of action, details of the show and a list of the types, numbers and diagrams of the pyrotechnics devices to be used which is submitted to the local fire department.
How pyrotechnics works — One device that produces a fountain-style spray of bright sparks is called the “gerb,” from the French word for sparks.

Be Safe and Spectacular
General Safety Rules
Read the general safety rules carefully at least twice! If you have trouble following instructions to the letter, then you should not be involved with pyrotechnics in any way. One small mistake or misread line can lead to disaster. Pyro is very safe in the hands of the careful user.
Keep away from flammables. Fallout from flash pots can ignite other nearby objects. If you can not position the Devices/flash pot at a safe distance from these flammables (at least 15 feet), then you must either treat the flammables with a flame retarding or discontinue the show. Use common sense when making this decision.
Safety - It's your call.
Please
be advised
You will need various licenses/permits with the ATFE Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms & Explosives and the State/city where you live or performing, and
various other localities to allow to import, transport, store, manufacture and
display (shoot) all types of explosives involved in a pyrotechnic display. The
AFTE permit will allow you to buy Pyrotechnics and fire marshals require these
to shoot.
The other Certification will help you attain a permit from the local authorities
having jurisdiction is a pyro state license. You must pull a permit from the
local fire dept. and have schedule a fire watch with the fire Marshal's office.
For that you will need to provide a $1,000,000.00 Class "C" 1.4G Explosives
liability insurance policy that is required on all pyro shoots. This is a policy
that is just for pyro and not a general liability policy.
You will have to show you qualifications of NFPA 1126 national fire codes for Standards for the use of Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience to obtain the insurance policy and fire permit. A Log Book of shows performed and the related proof that you are qualified for safety and certified in indoor pyrotechnics Heavy fines and arrest can occur if these step are not followed This can include open flame and smoke machines in some cities.
You need to follow National fire codes 101, 1126 to pull a permit. You can't not use Pyro unless you follow all of the above. You will need a pyrotechnics company to provide indoor pyro which knows how to provide the Fire dept a Plan of Action to deal with all the codes and keep the event safe.
Propane Flame Safety
Flame Effect Classification - NFPA 160 Group 3
New: Fuel supply - 20 pound cylinder NFPA 58 1. In section 3.4.8 add section 3.4.8.5 to read as follows: 3.4.8.5 Cylinders used temporarily in buildings for flame effects before an audience shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) The flame effect shall comply with NFPA 160, Standard for Flame Effects Before an Audience.
(b) The maximum water capacity of individual cylinders shall be 50 lb (23 kg) {nominal 20 lb. (9.1 kg) LP-Gas capacity}.
(c) If more than one such cylinder is located in the same room, the cylinders shall be separated by at least 20 ft (6.1 m).
Propane requires a large volume of air to burn properly. In fact, 23.5 cubic feet of air is needed to burn just one cubic foot of propane. With adequate ventilation, an operating burner gives off a number of harmless products such as carbon dioxide and water vapor. But a propane appliance starved of oxygen can quickly produce dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide.
When properly filled, 80 per cent of the cylinder contains liquid propane. The space above the liquid, to the top of the cylinder, holds propane vapor. Enough space must be left in the cylinder to let the liquid propane expand, if the cylinder is exposed to warmer temperatures. Without this space, the “relief valve” may open and release propane, creating a potential safety hazard.
We use a device called an accumulator to produce longer shots, larger shots or more shots. Because the code doesn't’t allow changing cylinders during the show, the operator wants to maximize the fire power from the available 20-pound cylinders. While propane is a liquid, the top portion in a tank is vapor and that’s what burns. Once the vapor is burned off, it takes time for more vapor to be produced from the liquid in the cylinder. The accumulator “sets aside” vapor so the remaining liquid can produce more vapor.
C02 Safety
Carbon Dioxide, CO2, is a tasteless, colorless, odorless, nonflammable, liquefied gas. Carbon dioxide is an integral part of the basic life cycle in nature. It is exhaled by humans and animals and used by plants to help them grow. Plants, in turn, release oxygen, which people depend on for survival. Carbon dioxide cannot catch fire.
C02 effects are composed primarily CO2, which can be harmful when breathed in a concentrated form, so don’t let anyone breathe it directly. Used as directed our C02 nozzles are safe.
• “Keep your head out of fumes. Do not breathe fumes
and gases. Use enough ventilation, local exhaust, or both to keep fumes and
gases from your breathing zone” But Using C02 special effects in a open
ventilated arena with the C02 shooting for a number of second at a time with
close intervals is completely safe and used at major theme parks and clubs
small and large all over the world.
The key is to aim the keep the nozzle 10 feet from the heads of the target
audience and allow the end of the plume created to hit the dance floor.

We have setup and executed special effects and pyrotechnical displays in the following cities, states and countries:
Major Cities; Boston, New York City, Long Island NY, Albany NY, Buffalo NY, Los Angles, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Hartford, Montreal, Toronto, Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, Tampa, Orlando, Minneapolis.
US States; TN, NJ, PA, OH, WV, KY, IN, IL, IA, WI, MA, FL, SC, GA, DE, VT, CO, VA, IL. and Puerto Rico
17 Countries including; Grand Turk, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Canada.
Pyrotechnics Guild International aka PGI fireworks information
1.4
The current and correct US DOT classification for fireworks that replaced the old Class C classification. The most common classification is UN 0336 Fireworks, 1.4 for Display or CPSC (US Consumer Product Safety Commission) Consumer Fireworks, or UN 0431 Articles, Pyrotechnic 1.4 for Pyrotechnic Special Effects (SPFX). There are different packing groups that provide for different possible methods of transportation, hence the letters g or s after the 1.4.
The 1.4 classification means the items as packed in this container or carton present "no significant hazard beyond the package in the event of ignition or initiation during transport". Most CPSC Consumer Fireworks are now classified as 1.4g or 1.4s. Some fireworks classified as 1.4 are Display Fireworks that have more composition than is allowed by CPSC regulations or are not labeled for consumer use for fireworks available for sale to the general public. See Class C.
1.3
The current and correct US DOT classification for fireworks that replaced the old Class B classification. The most common classification is UN 0335 Fireworks, 1.3 and most Display Fireworks are now classified as 1.3g.
The 1.3 classification means the items as packed in this container or carton present "fire hazard and either a minor blast hazard or a minor projection hazard or both but not a mass explosion hazard". Some Display Fireworks that are smaller, such as gerbs, fountains, drivers, lance, and some components but that do not meet the requirement for CPSC Consumer fireworks are classified as 1.4. See Class B.
Class CAn obsolete DOT classification for fireworks that is still commonly used as the broad label for CPSC Consumer Fireworks approved for sale to the general public. It was often used in an abbreviated way to describe all Common Fireworks. See 1.4.,UN 0336.
Common Fireworks
The old designation for fireworks approved by the CPSC for sale to and use by the general public. See Consumer Fireworks.
Consumer Fireworks
Any small fireworks that produces a visible or audible effect by combustion or deflagration and that meet the requirements of the CPSC for the quantity of internal composition, construction, size, and labeling for sale to and use by the general public. They are typically classified as UN 0336 Fireworks, 1.4g or 1.4s by the US DOT. See Common Fireworks and Consumer Fireworks.
Display FireworksAny fireworks that produces
a visible or audible effect by combustion or deflagration and that do not meet
the requirements of the CPSC for the quantity of internal composition, construction,
size, and labeling for sale to and use by the general public. They are classified
1.3g UN 0335 Fireworks, or 1.4g UN
0336 by the
US DOT.
EX Number The identification number
assigned to a commercial fireworks device by the Department of Transportation.
All legal commercial fireworks must have an EX Number.
Consumer fireworks device
The legal limit of explosive material in a consumer (1.4G or Class C) firework is 50 mg (about the size of half an aspirin tablet). Any item containing more than 50 mg is illegal and should be avoided.
Theatrical Pyrotechnics
Theatrical Pyrotechnics Pyrotechnic devices for professional use in the entertainment industry similar to Consumer Fireworks in chemical composition and construction but not intended for consumer use.
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Organization which provides several standards that outline recommendations for the manufacture, storage, transportation, and execution of fireworks.
Standard 1124 Provides the Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, and Storage of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles. Developed by the National Fire Protection Association.
Standard 1126 Provides the Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience. Developed by the National Fire Protection Association.
Standards
160 Provides the Standard for the Use Of Flame Effects Before a Proximate Audience.
Developed by the National Fire Protection Association.
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Warning
Do not attempt to recreate any FX effects seen on this site. We are professional
and only experienced and legally approved over 21 can provide these services.
Attempting to use propane with our the safety devices that are built in to our
gear as well as firing pyrotechnics devices without training is dangerous. C02
can be very dangerous if your not a Certified effect specialist.
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