 Patriotic music and colorful fireworks exploding Cal OES logo quick look OES news com I'm Brian May in the Cal OES newsroom we are coming up on the 4th of July it's time to bust out the hot dogs apple pie and fireworks and it's kind of hard to mess up on the hot dogs and apple pie part but fireworks as we all know can be incredibly dangerous if we don't take the proper steps or use them in the way they're intended so before we light up those Tasmanian cyclones or zombie apocalypse let's first check in with Jonathan Goodell for some safety reminders have you bought your piccolo Pete's what about your family packs remember before you do that nearly 70% of firework related injuries occur within a month of the 4th of July fireworks going off it's easy to get lost in the beauty and pageantry of fireworks but they can also be dangerous to your health and a potential fire hazard to your property all legal fireworks must have the state fire marshal seal on it if it goes up into the air or explodes it's clearly illegal nearly 700 people are injured by fireworks on the 4th of July alone dogs and kennels whining and don't forget about your pets they need special care as well the number one thing we encourage is make sure your pet is microchipped because if they do get out we can reunite you with them immediately one of the biggest mistakes is not disposing of fireworks correctly never put hot fireworks in the garbage from all of us here at Cal OES have a safe 4th of July all right john thank you and before we go I wanted to see how well you know your 4th of July history so I've got four true or false questions for you here we go true or false the original draft of the Declaration of Independence is currently displayed in the rotunda of the US Capitol well that's false you know the original draft was actually lost the one that was eventually signed is the engrossed document and it is displayed at the National Archives in Washington DC all right true or false only two people actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th that's true it was John Hancock and Charles Thompson who was the Secretary of Congress most of the other signed about a month later on August 2nd true or false the United States is the only country to celebrate the 4th of July believe it or not that's false Denmark England Norway Portugal and Sweden also celebrate the 4th of July as a way to bring in American tourists all right and finally true or false the 4th of July the biggest day of the year for consumption of hot dogs and that is definitely true on average we eat about 155 million hot dogs on July 4th to go with 700 million pounds of chicken 92 million dollars worth of chips and 168 million dollars worth of watermelon and that will do it for this edition of quick look as Jonathan Gadel said earlier on behalf of all of us at Cal OES we hope you have a safe and sane 4th of July visit our online newsroom at OES news dot com to learn more about this program and get the latest news and information from our team don't miss our next video on your Facebook timeline like our page and you'll get the latest posts as they happen if you're an Instagram user you can see the latest snapshots by following our Cal OES Instagram account and Twitter users can get instant access to our tweets from across the state by following Cal OES