West Virginia Pyrotechnic Insurance

We are glad to be a provider of very affordable pyrotechnic insurance to the state of  West Virginia. If you handle fireworks, flash-boxes, demolitions, explosions, squibs, blanks, and other pyrotechnic effects for the event, film, movie, entertainment industry, give us a call.

Accidents happen.  Covering your project properly is crucial when handing such volatile materials. Whether it is bodily injury or property damage, or some other important type of insurance policy – we are to help place you with the right carrier.

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State Display Requirements include:

State Fireworks Requirements
● Public Display License Required: Yes ($50 Permit fee, $40 Application fee)
● Commercial General Liability Insurance Coverage: No less than $1,000,000
● HazMat Transportation Insurance – DOT Compliant: No
● State Transportation Permit Required: No
● Worker Compensation Insurance – No
● Import/Export License to bring products into the state Yes
● Wholesale License to purchase or sell products in the state: Yes ($500)
● Registration of individuals authorized to represent License holder in the state: No
● Permit from Local AHJ for each display: No
● Permit Filing Period for Local: How many days prior? N/A
● Permit Filing Period for State: How many days? N/A
● State Bond Required: Yes, $1,000 State Pyrotechnic Operator Requirements
● Minimum Age: 21 Years (18 for in-training)
● Minimum of Documented displays: None
● Minimum Experience: None 
● Letters of Recommendation: No
● Written Test Required: Yes, once
● Minimum Passing Score: 80%
● New Operator License Fee: $20 (In-Training) $40 (Pyrotechnician)
● Renewal Operator License Fee: $20
● Renewal Period for Licensed Operator: Annually

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State Consumer laws and regulations include:

Specifically Permitted Sparkling devices (fountains, wire sparklers, trick noisemakers, smoke devices, snakes). Firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, roman candles, bottle rockets, reloadable shells, missile-type Rockets, helicopter and aerial spinners, multi-aerial mine and shell devices, aerial shell kits.

Specifically Prohibited N/A Selling Period Year round Age of Purchase 18 years of age and older. Licensing Sparkling Devices & Novelties: Business registration certificate and a Sparklers and Novelties Registration Certificate are required, $15 fee.

Consumer Fireworks: Business registration certificate, a minimum of $1 million dollars public & product liability insurance, Consumer Fireworks Certificate are required. Temporary retail sales location fee: $500.00 Permanent retail sales location fee: $1000.00

Authority West Virginia State Fire Marshal Regulatory & Licensing Division 1207 Quarrier Street, 2nd Floor Charleston, WV 25201 Phone: (304) 558-2191 Law Number West Virginia Code, Chapter 29, Article 3E, 103CSR4 Statute(s) ARTICLE 3E. FIREWORKS SAFETY https://code.wvlegislature.gov/29-3E/

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Famous films shot in West Virginia:

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Matewan (1987)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
The Last Mountain (2011)
Still Bill (2009)
Primal Fear (1996)
Super Size Me (2004)
The Glass Castle (2017)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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