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NFPA 160 - Answers -Flame Effects
NFPA 1122 - Answers -Model Rocketry
NFPA 1124 - Answers -Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales
NFPA 1126 - Answers -Proximate
NFPA 1127 - Answers -High Power Rocketry
Aerial Shell - Answers -A cartridge containing pyrotechnic composition, a burst charge,
and an internal time fuse or module, that is propelled into the air from a mortar and that
is intended to burst at or near apogee
Assistant - Answers -A person who works under the supervision of the pyrotechnic
operator
Barrage - Answers -A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks
Battery - Answers -A collection of fireworks devices, such as a group of mortars or a
bundle of roman candles, fused together in such a manner that they are fired in a short
period of time
Cake - Answers -Chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet, or
mine effects into the air from collectively attached tubes
Chain Fusing - Answers -A series of two or more aerial shells or other firework items
fused to fire in sequence from a single ignition
Comet - Answers -A single pellet of pyrotechnic composition that is ignited and
simultaneously propelled into the air from a mortar or tube; a comet is self-consuming
as it rises into the air and can be designed to split apart
Electrical Firing Unit - Answers -A device that provides and controls the electric current
used to ignite fireworks
Finale - Answers -A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks, typically fired at the end
of a display
Fusee - Answers -A highway distress flare
, Ground Display Piece - Answers -Fireworks device that functions on the ground or
functions while mounted securely above the ground
Lance - Answers -Thin cardboard tube packed with color-producing pyrotechnic
composition used to construct ground display pieces
Lift Charge - Answers -Composition that propels the firework device
Match - Answers -Black: fuse made from string that is impregnated with black powder
Electric: device that contains a small amount of pyrotechnic material that ignites when
current flows through the device
Quick: black match that is encased in a loose-fitting sheath
Mine - Answers -device containing multiple pyrotechnic effects that are simultaneously
ignited and dispersed by a lift charge into the air from a mortar or tube
Mortar - Answers -tube, closed at one end, from which certain aerial devices are fired
into the air
Mortar rack - Answers -Frame containing one or more mortars
Mortar Trough - Answers -above ground enclosure filled with sand or similar material
into which mortars are positioned and securely held in place
Portfire - Answers -Long tube containing slow-burning pyrotechnic composition that is
sometimes used to ignite fireworks at outdoor fireworks displays
Black Powder - Answers -low explosive consisting of an intimate mixture of potassium
or sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur
Salute Powder - Answers -pyrotechnic composition that makes an explosive sound
when ignited and constitutes the sole pyrotechnic effect of salute
Ready Box - Answers -sturdy container for storage of fireworks devices to be reloaded
at the discharge site of a display
Safety Cap - Answers -tube, closed at one end, that is placed over the end of the fuse
until the intended ignition to protect it form damage and accidental ignition
Salute - Answers -fireworks designed to produce an explosive sound as their primary
effect
Aerial Salute: salute that functions as an aerial shell
Ground Salute: salute that functions from a stationary or secured position
LATEST UPDATED
NFPA 160 - Answers -Flame Effects
NFPA 1122 - Answers -Model Rocketry
NFPA 1124 - Answers -Manufacture, Transportation, Storage, and Retail Sales
NFPA 1126 - Answers -Proximate
NFPA 1127 - Answers -High Power Rocketry
Aerial Shell - Answers -A cartridge containing pyrotechnic composition, a burst charge,
and an internal time fuse or module, that is propelled into the air from a mortar and that
is intended to burst at or near apogee
Assistant - Answers -A person who works under the supervision of the pyrotechnic
operator
Barrage - Answers -A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks
Battery - Answers -A collection of fireworks devices, such as a group of mortars or a
bundle of roman candles, fused together in such a manner that they are fired in a short
period of time
Cake - Answers -Chain-fused firework that propels a series of aerial shell, comet, or
mine effects into the air from collectively attached tubes
Chain Fusing - Answers -A series of two or more aerial shells or other firework items
fused to fire in sequence from a single ignition
Comet - Answers -A single pellet of pyrotechnic composition that is ignited and
simultaneously propelled into the air from a mortar or tube; a comet is self-consuming
as it rises into the air and can be designed to split apart
Electrical Firing Unit - Answers -A device that provides and controls the electric current
used to ignite fireworks
Finale - Answers -A rapidly fired sequence of aerial fireworks, typically fired at the end
of a display
Fusee - Answers -A highway distress flare
, Ground Display Piece - Answers -Fireworks device that functions on the ground or
functions while mounted securely above the ground
Lance - Answers -Thin cardboard tube packed with color-producing pyrotechnic
composition used to construct ground display pieces
Lift Charge - Answers -Composition that propels the firework device
Match - Answers -Black: fuse made from string that is impregnated with black powder
Electric: device that contains a small amount of pyrotechnic material that ignites when
current flows through the device
Quick: black match that is encased in a loose-fitting sheath
Mine - Answers -device containing multiple pyrotechnic effects that are simultaneously
ignited and dispersed by a lift charge into the air from a mortar or tube
Mortar - Answers -tube, closed at one end, from which certain aerial devices are fired
into the air
Mortar rack - Answers -Frame containing one or more mortars
Mortar Trough - Answers -above ground enclosure filled with sand or similar material
into which mortars are positioned and securely held in place
Portfire - Answers -Long tube containing slow-burning pyrotechnic composition that is
sometimes used to ignite fireworks at outdoor fireworks displays
Black Powder - Answers -low explosive consisting of an intimate mixture of potassium
or sodium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur
Salute Powder - Answers -pyrotechnic composition that makes an explosive sound
when ignited and constitutes the sole pyrotechnic effect of salute
Ready Box - Answers -sturdy container for storage of fireworks devices to be reloaded
at the discharge site of a display
Safety Cap - Answers -tube, closed at one end, that is placed over the end of the fuse
until the intended ignition to protect it form damage and accidental ignition
Salute - Answers -fireworks designed to produce an explosive sound as their primary
effect
Aerial Salute: salute that functions as an aerial shell
Ground Salute: salute that functions from a stationary or secured position
