Links
- AFN (American Fireworks News)
www.fireworksnews.com
Your best source for information about fireworks. Dedicated to the people who love fireworks.
- APA (American Pyrotechnics Association)
www.americanpyro.com
The APA is the premier trade association of the fireworks industry and was founded in 1948.
- ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacca, Firearms and Explosives)
www.atf.gov/explosives/industry/
ATF is a law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice with unique responsibilities dedicated to protecting the public and reducing violent crime. ATF enforces the Federal laws and regulations regarding explosives and arson.
- BPG (Bluegrass Pyrotechnics Guild)
www.bluegrasspyro.org
The Bluegrass Pyrotechnic Guild (BPG) is a non-profit association of industry professionals, apprentices, and enthusiasts.
- CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission)
www.cpsc.gov
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction.
- Fireworking.com
www.fireworking.com
Started in 2012 the site includes how-to articles, projects, forums, free ads for subscribers, a Wiki of the best posts and a formula database
- FPAG (Florida Pyrotechnic Arts Guild)
FPAG Treasurer
PGI members are often invited to the FPAG 4F (Florida Fall Fireworks Festival) event held shortly after the PGI convention each year. New members must be sponsored by a current member.
- M.A.F.F. (Mid-Atlantic Fireworks Festival)
www.maff.ws
M.A.F.F. is a biennial event held in southern Maryland
- MoPyro (Missouri Pyrotechnics Association)
www.mopyro.us
A group of dedicated pyrotechnic enthusiasts, who would rather build, buy, and shoot fireworks than do just about anything else. We hope that you will look around this web site and enjoy the pages and pictures of our club. We are centrally located in the heart of the mid-west around the St. Louis Missouri area and we have members from several states that get together for one reason, Fireworks.
- MPAG (Michigan Pyrotechnics Arts Guild)
www.mpag.org
MPAG promotes safe, legal, and artful pyrotechnic operation in Michigan through training, demonstration, and exchange of information.
- NCFS (National Council on Fireworks Safety)
www.fireworksafety.com
Our mission is to educate the public on the safe and responsible use of consumer fireworks so as to eliminate injuries. We encourage you to review our site for safety information.
- NFA (National Fireworks Association)
www.nationalfireworks.org
The National Fireworks Association is an organization composed of individuals and companies dedicated to the safe use of fireworks. Formed in 1992 through the foresight of President Emeritus Cam Starr, the NFA goal is to to protect the rights of individuals and companies to utilize and enjoy fireworks. We represent individuals and industry to the various Federal and State agencies which regulate fireworks. Safety is a key concern.
- NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)
www.nfpa.org/aboutthecodes/list_of_codes_and_standards.asp
Source for NFPA 1123 (Code for Fireworks Display), NFPA 1124 (Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles) and NFPA 1126 (Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience) and other relavant codes.
- NHPA (New Hampshire Pyrotechnics Assoc)
www.nhpyro.org
We are an organization made up of members from across New England and the Tri-State Area as well as from around the world. Our mission is to promote a safe and legal passion, more commonly known as the pyrotechnic arts.
- NLPC (Northern Lights Pyrotechnic Club)
www.thenlpc.org
We are an organization made up of members from across New England and the Tri-State Area as well as from around the world. Our mission is to promote a safe and legal passion, more commonly known as the pyrotechnic arts.
- Pennsylvania Pyrotechnic Artists
pa-pyroartist.org
The Pyro Artists is a non-profit organization that provides its members a means to use and enjoy fireworks legally and safely, to share their experience and further their pyrotechnic knowledge. We are a small, personable group, with most of our members living in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. We welcome anyone who is interested in promoting and practicing the responsible use and enjoyment of the various forms of the pyrotechnic arts.
- PGI (Pyrotechnics Guild International)
www.pgi.org
The Pyrotechnics Guild International, Inc., founded in 1969, is an independent worldwide nonprofit organization of amateur and professional fireworks enthusiasts.
- Pyro-U (Pyro Universe)
www.pyrouniverse.com
This site is all about the fascinating world of fireworks, both the kind consumers can buy and the types used by professionals.
- Western New York Pyrotechnic Assoc.
www.wnypa.com
The Western New York Pyrotechnic Association was formed in October of 1992 and incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in 1995. It is composed of shooters from various companies, distributors, manufacturers, importers, display company owners, and people who "just love Fireworks". Our main objectives are to teach, to learn and to have fun, safely. Our meetings are held the second Thursday of the month, usually in Orchard Park, NY.
- WPA (Western Pyrotechnic Association)
www.westernpyro.org
Founded in 1989 by a few pyrotechnic enthusiasts who decided a west coast based organization was long overdue.
- WPAG (Wisconsin Pyrotechnic Arts Guild)
www.wpag.us
The WPAG holds at least four meetings/shoots a year. All or our meetings/shoots are fully licensed and insured and are held at a permanent shoot site located in central Wisconsin about 20 miles east of Wausau. Format is generally a seminar in the early afternoon followed by a business meeting , potluck dinner, and several hours of open 1.4G and 1.3G shooting.