Did you know?
- More than 19,500 reported files are started by fireworks annually.
- Burns account for 44% of the 9,100 injuries treated in emergency rooms seen in the month around July 4th?
- Half of the fireworks injuries seen at emergency rooms were extremities: hand, finger, or leg. One-third were to the eye or other parts of the head.
- Children ages 10-14 had the highest rate of fireworks injury, with more than one-third (36%) of the victims of fireworks injuries under age 15.
- Sparklers account for roughly one-quarter of emergency room fireworks injuries.
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) 2018 Fireworks Annual Report
Stay safe this 4th of July and leave the fireworks to the professionals. Click here for a list of upcoming public fireworks displays in Loudoun County.

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