PGI Fireworks Shooter Course Dramatic Highlights

Special thanks to Kellner Fireworks and the Pennsylvania Pyrotechnic Artist for allowing me access to get this great fireworks footage. The Pyrotechnic Guild International sponsors professional fireworks training classes. This video is from one of those classes. If you really love fireworks consider attending one of these classes. For information about the Pyrotechnic Guild International please go to pgi.org.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Pgi
• fireworks
• training
• salutes
• pyrotechnician
• mortars
• black
• match
• thunder
• kings
• electric

[PyroCreationZ]

@METAL1ON

TBH, I kinda agree with you. It's good there are demonstrations like this being held to see the dangers but loading a shell upside down is something that I can't understand how someone does. Now I haven't shot massive amounts of shells but like you're saying, when you take it at the quickmatch there's no possibillity of putting it in the wrong way.

[AlChemicalLife]

fireworks are so cool because they are small but realy powerfull i wonder what a 12'' shell would do if you put it in up side down or if ic could go throo a 3'' thik stal plate

[METAL1ON]

@PyroPortrayal Then you souldnt be doing the job, honestly I have had this agruement lots of times and people try to defend the idiotic action of placing a shell upside down. A shell is designed in such a way that if you hold it by the leader it will orient itself to the way it is supposed to be loaded. I have fired shows consisting of well over 1000 shells and this has never been a problem for someone to make this mistake they are purely incompetent and should never be allowed near fireworks.

[PyroPortrayal]

@METAL1ON

I can see this happening in a show where you are prepping hundreds and hundreds of shells...

[METAL1ON]

Seriously who puts shells in upside down by accident???

Who has no respect for them full stop when they are using them, this course must be just for idiots.

[Tampaslice]

If you're still careless after seeing this video then you deserve what you get. If you're into fireworks and you put safety low on your list of priorities then maybe you should try bowling because you'll end up severely hurt. Great video Dave!

[yrpajaillu]

what he is saying in 6:08 about static, black powder and plastic bucket? is it something like dangerous?

[529550]

That poor poor tschicken!!!:)

[slipknotkillerr]

great video, that really is a BIG eye opener on how powerful fireworks really are

[frosty956]

NIce vid, the salutes hung next to the chicken is a good demonstration