2005 Rhode Island Code - § 23-28.11-3 — Permits for storage, handling, transportation and display of fireworks and pyrotechnics.

    (a) All storage, handling, transportation and display of fireworks shall be in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1123 entitled "Code for Fireworks Display", and NFPA Standard 1124 entitled "Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles" 2003 Edition, and the requirements of this chapter.

   (b) All storage, handling, transportation and display of pyrotechnics shall be in accordance with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 1126 entitled "Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics before a Proximate Audience", and NFPA Standard 1124 entitled "Code for the Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales of Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles" 2003 Edition, and the requirements of this chapter.

   (c) Permits to possess and display commercial fireworks or pyrotechnics shall be issued by the local fire authority on forms provided by the state fire marshal.

   (d) No permit to possess and display fireworks or pyrotechnics shall be issued by the local fire authority until the applicant has first obtained a valid certificate of competency from the state fire marshal. For the purposes of this chapter, "pyrotechnics" means a chemical mixture, including pyrotech-compositions, intended to produce a visible and/or audible effect by combustion, deflagration or detonation before a proximate audience closer than allowed for outdoor fireworks displays as permitted under this chapter. All pyrotechnics shall be in accordance with the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association Standard 1126, entitled "Use of Pyrotechnics Before A Proximate Audience", 1992 Edition, and the requirements of this chapter.