Fireworks and Bonfires

Bonfire Safety

Bonfires present additional hazards when it's dark. If you must light a bonfire, in connection with a fireworks display, then:

Site well away from houses, garages, sheds, fences, overhead cables, trees and shrubs and always away from fireworks.
Before lighting the fire check that no pets or children are hiding inside it.
Build the stack so that it is stable and will not collapse outwards or to one side.
Never use flammable liquids - paraffin or petrol - to light the fire.
Don't burn foam-filled furniture, aerosols, and tins of paint or bottles.
Keep everyone away from the fire - especially children, who must be supervised all the time.
For an emergency keep buckets of water, the garden hose or a fire extinguisher ready.
Pour water on the embers before leaving.

Visit the Dumfries & Galloway Council website for more information about these sites.

Visit the BERR Firework Safety website to read the Firework Safety Code and get advice on how to organise a safe display:

We want you to have a safe event. By following some simple do's and don'ts risks can be greatly reduced.