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Florida Administrative Code (Last Updated: April 18, 2024) |
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69. Department of Financial Services |
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69A. Division of State Fire Marshal |
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69A-50. Sparkler Registration And Testing |
1(1) The definitions in this rule apply to the testing and approval of sparklers as set out in Section 20791.013, F.S., 22and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.
28(2) “Emits” means to throw off or to give off or out (as light).
42(3) “Sparks” means small particles of a burning substance thrown out by a body in combustion or remaining when combustion is nearly completed. “Sparks” do not include small particles of other substances such as ball bearings.
78(4) “Detonate” means to explode with sudden violence. Upon ignition, an explosive compound decomposes very rapidly resulting in a rapid release of heat and large quantities of high-pressure gases.
107(5) “Explode” means to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases.
129(6) “Hand-held” means that the device includes a part which is intended by the manufacturer to be held in the hand of the consumer during the time the device is emitting a shower of sparks.
164(7) “Ground-based” means that the device includes a part or feature of its design which is intended by the manufacturer to be stuck in or placed on the ground so that the device will remain stationary in or move along on the ground after ignition and during the time the device is emitting a shower of sparks. “Ground-based” does not mean suspended in the air above the ground by the use of any device not an integral part of the device offered for testing.
248(8) “Propel itself through the air” means that the device itself shall not, either in whole or in part, move from the hand of the consumer or into the air from the place where it was stuck in or placed on the ground after ignition or during the time the device is emitting a shower of sparks.
305(9) “Chemical compound which produces sparks upon burning” means a chemical compound which is not an explosive compound and which burns but does not detonate or explode and which produces sparks upon burning.
338Rulemaking Authority 340624.308(1), 341791.013 FS. 343Law Implemented 345791.01, 346791.015, 347791.02, 348791.04 FS. 350History–New 6-1-88, Amended 7-19-01, Formerly 4A-50.013.
