LIST: Banned firecrackers, pyrotechnics

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday reminded the public of the types and brands of firecrackers that are banned for this year’s holiday celebrations.

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According to the Philippine National Police (PNP) in an advisory, prohibited types of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices (FCPD) are as follows:

• Overweight – firecrackers with more than ⅓ teaspoon or more than 0.2 gram of net explosive content
• Oversized – like super lolo, giant whistle bomb, atomic big triangule and etc.
• Mixture of sulfur and/or phosphorous with that of chlorates.
• Class 1, 2 and 3 – are suitable for the general public but class 4 shall only be sold to licensed pyrotechnicians and/or fireworks display operators.

Meanwhile, fuse-type firecrackers  should not burn less than three seconds but not more than six seconds.

Below are the list of prohibited firecrackers not allowed to be used anywhere in the country:

• Watusi
• Lolo Thunder
• Рор рор
• Atomic Triangle
• Pla-pla
• Mother Rockets
• Piccolo
• Goodbye Philippines
• Five Star
• Goodbye Delima
• Giant Bawang
• Goodbye Napoles
• Giant Whistle Bomb
• Coke-in-Can
• Atomic Bomb
• Bin Laden
• Large-size Judas Belt
• Pillbox
• Super Lolo
• Kabasi
• Goodbye Bading
• Super Yolanda
• Boga
• Kwiton
• Hello Columbia
• Tuna
• GPH Nuclear
• Special
• Goodbye Chismosa
• King Kong
• Dart Bomb
• All overweight and oversized FCPD
• All imported finished products
• Other unlabeled locally made FCPD products
• Other types of firecrackers with other brands/names equivalent to those that are prohibited
• Other unlabeled locally made FCPD products

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