"Number one, they know what they're doing, they're the professionals, they do this for a living, versus any of us that just go to a firework stand and get some bottle rockets and start setting them off in the street in front of our house, they end up everywhere," Techmeyer said.
Local agencies have established multiple communication channels for the public to report illegal firework activity.
Residents can use the JeffCom911 mobile application, submit online forms, or contact a dedicated fireworks hotline at 303-980-7340, which operates from 7 p.
m. to 1 a.
m. nightly through the weekend.
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"Anything you can do to not be setting a spark somewhere that it shouldn't be, use common sense, take care of one another, follow the law, no fireworks at all, and we'll get through this Fourth of July safe and sound," Techmeyer said.
