8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1507-12-1.3
The definitions contained in C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2001 shall apply to these rules and regulations. In addition, the following words, when used in these rules and regulations, shall mean:
APPROVAL, APPROVED or AUTHORIZED: Acceptable to the Director of the Division or the "authority having jurisdiction."
AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION: The organization, office or individual responsible for "approving" equipment, an installation or a procedure.
CERTIFIED FIREWORKS DISPLAY OPERATOR: A person certified by the Division to conduct professional outdoor fireworks displays.
CERTIFIED PYROTECHNIC OPERATOR: A person certified by the Division to conduct pyrotechnic special effect performances before a proximate audience.
C.F.R.: Code of Federal Regulations.
C.R.S.: Colorado Revised Statutes.
DEPARTMENT: The Colorado Department of Public Safety.
DIRECTOR: The Director of the Division of Fire Prevention and Control located within the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
DISCHARGE SITE: The area immediately surrounding the display fireworks mortars used for an outdoor fireworks display.
DISPLAY FIREWORKS: Large fireworks designed primarily to produce visible or audible effects by combustion, deflagration, or detonation. This term includes, but is not limited to, salutes containing more than one hundred thirty (130) milligrams of explosive material, aerial shells containing more than forty (40) grams of pyrotechnic composition and other display pieces that exceed the limits of explosive materials for U.S.D.O.T. classification as "consumer fireworks." Display fireworks are classified as Class B explosives by the U.S.D.O.T.
DIVISION: The Division of Fire Prevention and Control in the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety.
EXPLOSIVE: Any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or common purpose of which Is to function by explosion. The term includes, but is not limited to, dynamite, black powder, pellet powder, igniting explosives, detonators, squibs, detonating cord, igniter cord, and igniters.
FALLOUT AREA: The area over which aerial shells are fired. The shells burst over this area, and unsafe debris and malfunctioning aerial shells fall into this area. The fallout area is the location where a typical aerial shell dud will fall to the ground considering wind and the angle of mortar placement.
FIREWORKS DISPLAY: An outdoor display of aerial shells and/or ground pieces conducted by a certified fireworks display operator and performed as entertainment, or a special effect performance utilizing pyrotechnic materials and devices before a live audience.
FIREWORKS PLANT: All land and buildings thereon used for in connection with the manufacture, research or processing of fireworks, including storage buildings used with or in connection with plant operation.
GROUND DISPLAY PIECE: A pyrotechnic device that functions on the ground (as opposed to an aerial shell that functions in the air). Typical ground display pieces include fountains, roman candles and wheels.
HIGHWAY: Any public street, public alley or public road. INSPECTOR: An Inspector of the Division.
LOCAL AUTHORITY: The duly authorized fire department, police department, or sheriff's department of a local jurisdiction.
MAGAZINE: Any building or structure, or container, other than a fireworks plant, approved and used exclusively for the storage of explosive materials.
MONITOR: A person designated by the sponsors of a fireworks display to keep the audience in the intended viewing area and out of the discharge site and fallout area.
MORTAR: A tube from which aerial shells are fired into the air.
MOTOR VEHICLE: Any self-propelled vehicle, truck, tractor, semi-trailer, or truck-trailer combination used for the transportation of freight over public highways.
NFPA: National Fire Protection Association.
PERMISSIBLE FIREWORKS: Those small firework devices designed primarily to produce visible effects by combustion and that are listed in, and that comply with, the construction, chemical composition, and labeling requirements of C.R.S. § 24-33.5-2001. Some small devices designed to produce audible effects are included, such as whistling devices. Permissible fireworks burn without explosion and do not produce a loud report, and no device or component shall, upon functioning, project or disburse any metal, glass, or brittle plastic fragments.
PYROTECHNIC COMPOSITION: A chemical mixture, which upon burning and without explosion, produces visible, brilliant displays, bright lights, or sounds.
PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY OPERATOR: The person with overall responsibility for safety and the setting up and discharge of a fireworks display.
PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECTS OPERATOR: The person with responsibility for pyrotechnic and special effects safety and who controls, initiates, or otherwise creates special effects. The pyrotechnic operator is also responsible for storing, setting up, and removing pyrotechnic materials after a performance.
PYROTECHNIC SPECIAL EFFECT PERFORMANCES: A special effect created through the use of pyrotechnic materials and devices performed by a Certified Pyrotechnic Operator for the entertainment of a live audience.
SHALL: Indicates a mandatory requirement.
SHOULD: Indicates a recommendation or that which is advised but not required.
STORAGE BUILDING: Any building, structure, or facility in which Common Fireworks (Class C Explosives) in any state of processing ***[are stored?], providing there is no exposed pyrotechnic material, but in which no processing, manufacturing or sale is actually performed.
U.S.D.O.T.: United States Department of Transportation.
8 CCR 1507-12-1.3