Pyrotechnician Patrick Cyrana joins WIRED to answer your burning questions about fireworks. How are fireworks designed? How do they get their color? What is the most dangerous firework statistically? Who invented fireworks? How do you become a professional pyrotechnician. Patrick answers all of these questions and more—it’s Fireworks Support.

0:00 Firework Support
0:12 How do fireworks fly upward?
1:00 How are fireworks designed?
1:51 Why do fireworks smell so gross?
2:24 How do electric firing systems work for fireworks displays?
3:30 False finales and mini finales in fireworks shows
4:42 Where are most fireworks made?
5:00 Is it safe to fly above fireworks?
5:38 How do fireworks get their colors?
6:34 The San Diego incident
7:21 What was the last innovation in fireworks?
8:34 Who invented fireworks?
9:05 What is the most dangerous firework?
10:41 Why did they have to ban M-80s?
11:36 What kind of firework is your favorite?
12:30 How do pop idols stand on stage amidst pyrotechnics?
13:01 Do fireworks work in the rain?
13:36 Difference between consumer and professional fireworks
14:06 How do you become a pyrotechnician?
14:32 How do you know if a firework is going to do what you expect it to?
15:05 Safe firework disposal
15:29 Fireworks affect on the atmosphere

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Constantine Economides
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Patrick Cyrana
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Mar Alfonso
Sound Mixer: Rebecca ONeil
Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia; JC Scruggs
Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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