There can be a ban on aerial fireworks (skyrockets with sticks and missiles with fins.) to protect residents from potential fires that could result from people setting off these two types of aerial fireworks in dry-weather or drought conditions. The county has the authority under state law to ban two types of fireworks under two conditions: If the Texas Forest Service's Keetch-Byram Drought Index is above 500, which means the area is experiencing drought conditions; or the area has experienced a freeze, and grass and wooded areas are dead could easily burn if ignited.
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