FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA21) -- With the Fourth of July nearing, how can you help prevent yourself and loved one's from getting hurt?
Deputy Fire Chief Adam O'Connor of the Fort Wayne Fire Department shared some ways to prevent any injuries this fourth of July with Fort Wayne's NBC News.
"Fireworks themselves should be shot in a container that is prescribed by the instructions with the fireworks,” O’Connor said. “You never want to hold them in your hand. As far as like shooting them in your yard, when it's dry, which I don't know if it'll be dry by next weekend, it doesn't look like it, but if it is dry out, it often causes grass fires. Make sure you have a hose available to wet down the area if it were to catch fire."
According to the National Fire Protection Association about 28 percent of fires started by fireworks each year are reported on Independence Day. Also, burns account for 44 percent of the firework injuries seen in the month around July 4th.
“People step on hot fireworks and burn their feet,” he said. “When people try and throw fireworks and they close their hand and it explodes in their hand, often times they will lose a finger or several."
To make sure you don't injure yourself this weekend in Fort Wayne, O'Connor encourages to practice the following.
Wear safety glasses, read the instructions of the fireworks, make sure everyone is aware of their surroundings and clean up after you're done using your fireworks.
“Often times the fireworks aren't completely out,” he said. “You have two choices; one is to leave the fireworks on the ground until the morning or put them in the dumpster or wet it down and leave it at least 20 feet away from the house.”
Keeping safe is the number one priority O'Connor says, but he also wants folks to have a great time this Fourth of July.
"We want to make sure people are very smart,” he said.
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