Steve at Frontline Conflicts has sent over word that he’s had the purchase procedure for his pyrotechnic articles in Northern Ireland confirmed (I can only assume it applies to all pyrotechnic shipments in NI), here’s what he just sent in via email:
NORTHERN IRELAND ORDERS SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL POLICE SERVICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND APPROVAL
Requests for pyrotechnic articles from Northern Ireland customers: Below is the procedure that must be followed in order for ALL Northern Ireland orders to be approved BEFORE the order is fulfilled. Orders for pyrotechnic articles MUST NOT be placed via our website. Any order(s) that are placed via our website for Northern Ireland will be cancelled / refunded and customers that have done this will be notified of the correct procedure to follow.
Subject to the Explosives Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, which deals with making, selling, purchasing, acquiring, transferring or disposing of any explosive.
Step 1 – All Northern Ireland customers must first contact ourselves, either by emailing us at sales@frontlineconflicts.co.uk or telephone 01207 230819 (mon-fri 10:00-17:00). We will reserve, in principle, your order of pyrotechnic articles. No payment will be taken at this stage.
Step 2 – You (the customer) must then contact your Police Explosives Officer for your local area and provide them with a list of what types of pyrotechnic articles you wish to purchase from us. They will then carry out whatever checks are required for them to say yes or no to your request. If they decline your request, we will not take payment and will not despatch your order. If they approve your request, they will then give you WRITTEN CONFIRMATION that you are allowed to purchase the listed pyrotechnic articles.
Step 3 – You MUST fax or email a legible scanned copy of your WRITTEN CONFIRMATION to us. Once we have received your written confirmation, we will then contact the Police Explosives Officer that granted your request to confirm that everything is genuine. Once this has been confirmed we will then contact yourself to confirm your original order and take payment, normally over the phone.
Step 4 – Delivery will then be carried out as standard to our delivery policy (normally within 1 working day).
The above steps must be followed for every single request for pyrotechnic articles. Even if you have been given approval before you must request it again. The approval you are granted is only for that particular one-off order.
Please note: The maximum explosive net weight we will allow for each individual order is 100grams, however, the Police Explosives Officer may at their discretion lower the amount on individual requests. For more information of which pyrotechnic articles contains which explosive net weight please see the table below. Explosive net weight is the amount of powder, not the overall weight of the article.
TYPE OF PYROTECHNIC…………………MAXIMUM EXPLOSIVE NET WEIGHT
4 BANG STUN GRENADE……………………………………2 GRAMS
MK5 THUNDERFLASH………………………………………..0.5 GRAMS
MK9 THUNDERFLASH………………………………………..1 GRAM MAXIMUM
MK3 LARGE SMOKE GRENADE…………………………….20 GRAMS
SMALL SMOKE GRENADE…………………………………..15 GRAMS
BB GRENADE………………………………………………….0.3 GRAMS
PAINTBALL GRENADE……………………………………….0.3 GRAMS
PAINTBALL STICK GRENADE………………………………0.3 GRAMS
5 GRAM ELECTRICALLY FIRED MAROON………………..5 GRAMS
10 GRAM ELECTRICALLY FIRED MAROON………………10 GRAMS
15 GRAM ELECTRICALLY FIRED MAROON………………15 GRAMS
20 GRAM ELECTRICALLY FIRED MAROON………………20 GRAMS
25 GRAM ELECTRICALLY FIRED MAROON………………25 GRAMSThanks, Steve (Frontline Conflicts)
