07/09/2006
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BELLEVIEW -- The local fire chief is the production manager. Another firefighter is the safety director.
Those people are just two of Extreme Pyrotechnics' five employees, a small fireworks company located near Rabbit Hash and Belleview in western Boone County.
"Our canvas is the sky," said Steve Smith, who co-owns the business with his wife, Jennifer.
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Extreme Pyrotechnics' fireworks range from 2- to 12-inch shells. Its shows have included last year's Old Timers Day in Rabbit Hash and Immaculate Heart of Mary's summer festival in July.
Saturday's Boone County Celebrates America program at Boone Woods Park will conclude with a fireworks show by Extreme Pyrotechnics.
The business started two years ago but Smith said he's been freelancing for 16 years. His full-time job is being a service manager for a mechanical contractor in Cincinnati. He's also a Belleview-McVille firefighter.
Extreme Pyrotechnics doesn't make the fireworks.
"That is entirely too dangerous," Smith said.
Instead, the fireworks are purchased from another company. Belleview-McVille Fire Chief Jeff Hermes has "fired" each of Extreme Pyrotechnics' shows except for one.
"I put the show together in my mind and then I lay it out," Smith said. "Then, they wire it up. ... Everybody's got a job."
Doug Baker, a Belleview-McVille firefighter, oversees safety for Extreme Pyrotechnics. "We've seen what happens when (fireworks) go bad. I think we take every precaution as to not make that happen. ... Steve's adamant on the safety aspect of it," Baker said.
When Extreme Pyrotechnics has a show, it pays a fire department to have a crew there. Other workers include Burlington residents Paul Grey and Gary Peace and Bellview resident Kelly Moore.
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BELLEVIEW -- The local fire chief is the production manager. Another firefighter is the safety director.
Those people are just two of Extreme Pyrotechnics' five employees, a small fireworks company located near Rabbit Hash and Belleview in western Boone County.
"Our canvas is the sky," said Steve Smith, who co-owns the business with his wife, Jennifer.
ADVERTISEMENT
Extreme Pyrotechnics' fireworks range from 2- to 12-inch shells. Its shows have included last year's Old Timers Day in Rabbit Hash and Immaculate Heart of Mary's summer festival in July.
Saturday's Boone County Celebrates America program at Boone Woods Park will conclude with a fireworks show by Extreme Pyrotechnics.
The business started two years ago but Smith said he's been freelancing for 16 years. His full-time job is being a service manager for a mechanical contractor in Cincinnati. He's also a Belleview-McVille firefighter.
Extreme Pyrotechnics doesn't make the fireworks.
"That is entirely too dangerous," Smith said.
Instead, the fireworks are purchased from another company. Belleview-McVille Fire Chief Jeff Hermes has "fired" each of Extreme Pyrotechnics' shows except for one.
"I put the show together in my mind and then I lay it out," Smith said. "Then, they wire it up. ... Everybody's got a job."
Doug Baker, a Belleview-McVille firefighter, oversees safety for Extreme Pyrotechnics. "We've seen what happens when (fireworks) go bad. I think we take every precaution as to not make that happen. ... Steve's adamant on the safety aspect of it," Baker said.
When Extreme Pyrotechnics has a show, it pays a fire department to have a crew there. Other workers include Burlington residents Paul Grey and Gary Peace and Bellview resident Kelly Moore.
