The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The Health and Safety Executive have a specialist branch responsible for explosives. HSE are responsible for all aspects of "at work" activities.

The Explosives branch is at

Health and Safety Executive
Explosives Inspectorate
St Annes House
University Road
Bootle
Merseyside
L20 7HE

Telephone: (0151) 951 4000

Fax: (0151) 951 3891

email: enquiries@hse.org.uk

webpage: http://www.open.gov.uk/hse/hsehome.htm

The HSE has published two recent booklets - "Giving Your Own Firework Display", winner of the 1996 Technical publication of the Year, and "Working Together", aimed at organisers of events where a professional firework display company fires the display.

HSE Publications may be obtained from

HSE Publications
Sudbury
Suffolk