About Fire Core
Core Leaders: Adam Canvas Giangregorio, Matt Adolph
Email: fire@fireflyartscollective.org
The mission of Fire Core is to provide experienced support for you both pre-event and on-site, to ensure fire safety, fire art safety and fire performance safety at Firefly.
Fore Core volunteers assist you with safe use of fire pits and generators. They also oversee the use of fire performance areas and fire Conclave on Bug burn night.
The Fire Art Safety Team (FAST) team is a part of the Fire Core which is comprised of artists, fire safety volunteers, and people with professional experience, who will assist you in the safe execution of Open Fire, Flame Effects, and/or Pyrotechnics** in your art installation or theme camp.
**(Please note: fireworks and pyrotechnics are restricted by Vermont law and are not allowed at the event without approval from the FAC Board of Directors.)
What Fire Core volunteers do:
Before Firefly:
- Review of safety and inspection plans, including all art projects that use fire.
- Assisting the Art Grant Selection Committee and Placement Core with any questions or concerns related to approval and placement of fire art.
During Firefly:
- Fire art will be inspected for placement and general safety concerns (e.g. is it constructed using appropriate materials, do you have fire extinguishers). Approved fire art will be given a tag – any operation of untagged fire art should be called in.
- Fire pits are properly attended, have the proper safety supplies, and that no additional fire pits are created.
After Firefly:
- Contributions to the Afterburn report concerning fire safety statistics and incidents at the event.
Fire Basics:
OPEN FIRE is defined as non-pressurized flame, including setting fire to an art installation, large burn barrels, braziers, torches, large assemblies of candles and other simple uses of fire. This also includes the pre-approved fire pits at the event.
FLAME EFFECT is defined as “the combustion of solids, liquids, or gases to produce thermal, physical, visual, or audible phenomena before an audience”. This includes all flames that are automated, switched, pressurized or having any other action than simply being lit on fire; as well as projects using propane or other liquid or gaseous fuels.
PYROTECHNICS refers to the art, craft and science of fireworks, which includes any explosives or projectiles.
Read the full Fire Policies at Firefly here.
