DALLAS FIRE-RESCUE

 

Contact:      Lt. Doug Dickerson                                                          

Office: 214-670-7949                                                  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                   

Pager:  214-670-4115, pin # 9885                                     

 

 

Dallas Fire Officials to Monitor 4th of July Fireworks Activities

 

 

 

Dallas Fire-Rescue will lead efforts to monitor fireworks related activities this 4th of July.  Fire Prevention Officers will monitor parks for illegal fireworks use at Lake Ray Hubbard, Mountain Creek Lake, Crow Lake Park and areas along the Trinity River Corridor.  The Park Department will be closing Lake Ray Hubbard Park and Mountain Creek Lake Park at 9:00 p.m. on July 4th.  Guests at all parks will be required to leave at that time.  Early closure of the parks has been a significant factor in the decline of the use of illegal fireworks at these locations.  

 

Teams of Fire Prevention Officers and Dallas Police Officers will be stationed at these locations to prevent the use of fireworks.  Lake Ray Hubbard and Mountain Creek Lake Parks will be patrolled from 3:00 p.m. until after the closing at 9:00 p.m., when the majority of the patrons should be gone.  Crow Lake Park and the Trinity River Corridor will be patrolled from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 midnight.  Handouts in English and Spanish will be provided to any person needing fireworks information.

 

Dallas Police ICP Officers will assist Fire Prevention Officers in patrolling neighborhoods for illegal fireworks use and responding to complaints received through fire and police dispatch centers.  Twelve teams will be assigned throughout the city from 7:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m., responding to calls as they are received.

                                       

FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN DALLAS

Dallas Fire-Rescue wants to remind everyone that fireworks are illegal in the City of Dallas and up to 5,000 feet outside the city limits.  Anyone caught possessing or using fireworks in the city will be fined up to $2,000. 

 

 

PERMITTED FIREWORKS SHOWS

Several permitted fireworks displays are scheduled July 4th.  Fire personnel will inspect and monitor each location.  The following is a tentative schedule of permitted fireworks displays:

 

 

Chandlers Landing                                                    Dallas Athletic Club

1 Harborview Drive                                                  4111 La Prada Drive

 

Brookhaven Country Club                                         Northwood Country Club

8301 Harry Hines Boulevard                                     6524 Alpha Road

 

Galleria Mall                                                             Prestonwood Country Club

13350 N. Dallas Parkway                                         15909 Preston Road

 

Lakewood Country Club                                           Park Cities Presbyterian Church

6430 Gaston Avenue                                                 3933 Northwest Parkway

 

Trinity Fest                                                               Fair Park – Dallas Burn

Reunion Arena – Parking Lot E                                             3750 Midway Plaza

Trinity River Bottom between                                                1818 First Avenue

ouston Street and Interstate 30

 

 

 

LEAVE FIREWORKS TO THE PROFESSIONALS

 

                                                   

Media representatives are asked to make interview requests on or before July 3, 2002, as all

available officers will be in the field on July 4th.  Those requests may be directed to

Deputy Chief Joe Pierce, Fire Prevention, Education and Inspection Division.  214.670.4319

 

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