Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-16.6

  • county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
  • Display: means the use of aerial devices, display fireworks, or articles pyrotechnic for any activity, including such activities as movie or television production. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
  • Fireworks: means any combustible or explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation and that meets the definition of aerial device or consumer or display fireworks as defined by this section and contained in the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation as set forth in Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2
  • Permit: means a nontransferable, formal authorization, valid for a period not to exceed one calendar year from the date of issuance and which a county is hereby authorized to issue under this chapter, to engage in the act or acts specifically designated herein. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132D-2

Each county fire chief is authorized to conduct inspections of the persons conducting a display, including the site where the display is occurring or will occur within the fire chief’s county to determine compliance with the applicable county code and the current editions of the National Fire Protection Association’s “NFPA 1123: Code for Fireworks Display” and “NFPA 1126: Standard for the Use of Pyrotechnics Before a Proximate Audience”. An inspection fee of $200 shall be assessed by the county upon the holder of a permit for a display under section 132D-10(2), which shall be separate from the display permit fee under that section. The inspection fee shall be paid to the county in which the display will occur, and shall be used to defray the cost of the official conducting the inspection of the display setup.

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