Section 12505 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions And Definitions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 11. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.
12505
. "Dangerous fireworks" includes all of the following:
(a) Any fireworks which contain any of the following:
(1) Arsenic sulfide, arsenates, or arsenites.
(2) Boron.
(3) Chlorates, except:
(A) In colored smoke mixture in which an equal or greater amount
of sodium bicarbonate is included.
(B) In caps and party poppers.
(C) In those small items (such as ground spinners) wherein the
total powder content does not exceed 4 grams of which not greater
than 15 percent (or 600 milligrams) is potassium, sodium, or barium
chlorate.
(4) Gallates or Gallic acid.
(5) Magnesium (magnesium-aluminum alloys, called magnalium, are
permitted).
(6) Mercury salts.
(7) Phosphorous (red or white except that red phosphorus is
permissible in caps and party poppers).
(8) Picrates or picric acid.
(9) Thiocyanates.
(10) Titanium, except in particle size greater than 100-mesh.
(11) Zirconium.
(b) Firecrackers.
(c) Skyrockets and rockets, including all devices which employ any
combustible or explosive material and which rise in the air during
discharge.
(d) Roman candles, including all devices which discharge balls of
fire into the air.
(e) Chasers, including all devices which dart or travel about the
surface of the ground during discharge.
(f) Sparklers more than 10 inches in length or one-fourth of one
inch in diameter.
(g) All fireworks designed and intended by the manufacturer to
create the element of surprise upon the user. These items include,
but are not limited to, auto-foolers, cigarette loads, exploding golf
balls, and trick matches.
(h) Fireworks known as devil-on-the-walk, or any other firework
which explodes through means of friction, unless otherwise classified
by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to this part.
(i) Torpedoes of all kinds which explode on impact.
(j) Fireworks kits.
(k) Such other fireworks examined and tested by the State Fire
Marshal and determined by him, with the advice of the State Board of
Fire Services, to possess characteristics of design or construction
which make such fireworks unsafe for use by any person not specially
qualified or trained in the use of fireworks.