Damage caused by Firework
Discussion
My Manager parked his company Volvo at a Hotel on Saturday night, came down Sunday morning to find his rear screen totally demolished and a failrly heavy platic/metal part of a Rocket sitting on the rear parcel shelf!
No way of finding out who set it off and no cover for glass on the fleet policy which has a £500 excess anyway.
Cost me £420 for a new rear screen so understandably not a happy bunny.
Is there any limit to the weight of a rocket type firework that should be allowed to be set off? not really any use I know as we don't know where it came from but just wondered.
No way of finding out who set it off and no cover for glass on the fleet policy which has a £500 excess anyway.
Cost me £420 for a new rear screen so understandably not a happy bunny.
Is there any limit to the weight of a rocket type firework that should be allowed to be set off? not really any use I know as we don't know where it came from but just wondered.
OoopsVoss said:
georgeyboy12345 said:
Why did your manager’s smashed window end up costing you money?
Yep, that's way more interesting than random fireworks falling from the sky!We had a full 40 foot trailer go up flames because a firework hit it. Telling customers of a delay for their goods was not too bad once they saw the photograph of the remains!!
I once incurred roof damage to a Ford Focus where a firework caused a ring shaped dent. The piece of heavy plastic that caused the damage was still sitting on the roof with other rocket debris scattered around.
It was before bonfire night and I was fairly sure that an annoying family nearby had used fireworks so I kept the pieces in case they had another display and I would be able to match the parts to anything in their possession. I had to wait a year until they did it again and when I went round they denied having any rockets.
It was before bonfire night and I was fairly sure that an annoying family nearby had used fireworks so I kept the pieces in case they had another display and I would be able to match the parts to anything in their possession. I had to wait a year until they did it again and when I went round they denied having any rockets.
Aprisa said:
Gericho - Wow, just looked at that site, that Rocket weighs .46kg so even after buring the powder it will be nearly 1lb dropping from the sky and what looks like a metal casing!
Seems very dangerous to me.
More like half a pound, 460g total - 200g of powder, but yeah, 9oz of stick and casing going up that will come back down. Seems very dangerous to me.
Aprisa said:
Gericho - Wow, just looked at that site, that Rocket weighs .46kg so even after buring the powder it will be nearly 1lb dropping from the sky and what looks like a metal casing!
Seems very dangerous to me.
If it started at 0.46kg (460g) and lost 0.2kg (195g) of powder (propellant and pyro charge), and it probably lost more weight in the stick, then there might only be 0.1kg (100g) left at the end - so not sure how it can be 1lb (0.45kg / 454g) afterwards.Seems very dangerous to me.
I'd just launch a 12-shot barrage of these 0.75kg ones...
https://www.fireworks.co.uk/fireworks/big-rockets/...
...or these 1kg ones...
https://www.galacticfireworks.co.uk/collections/ro...
But we don't fire them in residential areas, and the closest cow will be about 1/2 mile away.
Edited by mmm-five on Tuesday 5th November 13:08
Gericho said:
You said "My manager" which would imply that he manages you, hence higher up.
OK, next time I'll include a schematic of the company structure ;-)Just trying not to sound pompous
Also apologies for the poor maths performance in estimating weight of residual rocket debris, must try harder.
Edited by Aprisa on Tuesday 5th November 13:33
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