Guidance and Criteria For Fireworks Novelty Devices

Fireworks Industry Alert Poster (Chinese)

Fireworks Industry Alert Poster

Fireworks Rental Truck Compliance

Explosives Approval Guide

2001 APA Standard 87-1 Approved & Prohibited Chemicals List

Guidance on EX Classification Approvals with Expiration Dates

PHMSA will only accept fireworks approval applications from fireworks manufacturers or their U.S. designated agent on their behalf. This includes an applicant seeking to renew an expired EX approval for the specific purpose of continuing the manufacturing of the firework device.

Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit

Safety Guidance for the Classification of an Aerial Shell Kit

Additional Item Names Added to Valid EX Approval

Effective April 2, 2015 PHMSA will no longer process additional item/name requests for fireworks EX Approval applications. A change to the product name has no bearing on the safety / classification of the firework, the original classification of the firework, or regulatory compliance. It is...

Competent Authority Numbering System

At the beginning of 2000, it became necessary to update the Competent Authority (CA) numbering system from the seven-digit sequence to the current 10-digit sequence. The old seven-digit number (and in a few cases, nine-digit number) and the new 10-digit number are interchangeable. It is not...