First responders expecting a busy 4th of July weekend.
As law enforcement expects an increase in complaint calls, State fire officials are urging those that do use fireworks to be safe.
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It comes to...fireworks!
Utica police have seen an increase in complaint calls involving illegal fireworks over the past week.
If you've purchased 'legal' fireworks....news channel 2's brent kearney has more now on how to use them safely.
The fireman's association on new york is gearing up for another busy fourth of july.
Association secretary john allessandro spoke to me via zoom.
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None "in june and through this weekend in july really are our high times for fireworks related injuries."
The fireman's association says a 2019 report showed that their were an estimated 9100 injuries involving fireworks.
In 2018 between the months of june and july 5600 people were taken to the emergecny room.
"even a sparkler can burn up to 2,000 degrees.
You can imagine the types of accidents both personal injury and property accidents when children are running around with sparklers.
They get too close to another child."
Withmal displays of their own.
If you've already bought fireworks for the weekend, allessandro says their are ways to use them safely.
(full screen) do not allow children to use sparklers or other fireworks unsupervised.
-also make sure yourself or group are a safe distance away from active fireworks.
-and dispose of them properly, place in sand or bucket of water, not the trash "their are numerous structure fires by disposing legal fireworks in garbage pales and then having them too close to the house or in the garage and we wind up showing up at the house at 2 or 3 o clock in the morning because its on fire."
Alessandro also encourages people to avoid using the aerials.
"use the ones that you place on the ground you can make sure they're properly extinguished.
The projectile ones, once that rocket or roman candle leaves the ground you have no idea where its going."> if you are lighting off legal