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14 t <br /> PYROTECHNICS PERMIT COPY 1 <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Pursuant to G.S.14-413,Commissioners in North Carolina Counties are empowered to authorize and <br /> issue permits for the use of pyrotechnics in connection with "...shows of all descriptions...but only <br /> after satisfactory evidence is produced to the effect that said pyrotechnics will be used for the <br /> aforementioned purposes and none other". <br /> On February 15, 1994, the Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill, NC, was approved for a pyrotechnic <br /> permit to be used in association with a concert by RUSH, on Sunday, March 6, 1994, at the Smith <br /> Center. <br /> The approval is granted based on the following assurances from the requestor: <br /> +Public Safety personnel will be on site during the event to ensure public safety and to <br /> provide adequate traffic control; <br /> *Proof of Liability insurance which includes the County as a named insured, has been <br /> submitted to the Orange County Director of Purchasing and Central Services. Limits of <br /> liability are no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. <br /> *Show setup will be approved by the Chapel Hill Fire Chief or designate, prior to the <br /> beginning of show. Permitted explosives include those listed on attachment#1,as submitted <br /> by Pyrotek Special Effects, Inc. <br /> +The Dean Smith Center has a current fire inspection and is in compliance with the Standard <br /> Fire Prevention Code, 1988, with North Carolina amendments. <br /> Approved by: (AB signatures must be affixed for permit to be valid.) <br /> John Link, Jr., Fire Official <br /> Orange County Manager <br /> Pamela Jones, Director, Orange County Nick Waters, Director, Orange County <br /> Purchasing and Central Services Emergency Management Services <br /> HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS: EACH PARTY SIGNS TWO COPIES OF PERMIT <br /> 1. Director of Purchasing signs after certification that cheoldist criteria has been met <br /> 2. Orange County Manager signs. <br /> 3. Fire Official signs, upon approval of the site set up prior to the event <br /> 4. Emergency Management Director signs after assurance from Fire Official that requirements of the Standard Fire Prevention Code <br /> as it respects the use of pyrotechnics has been met <br /> 5. Emergency Management Director provides one copy of permit to show sponsor and returns one copy to the Director of Purchasing <br /> for records maintenance. <br />