VIDEO: The Colorado Springs Fire Department took to social media ahead of the Fourth of July and created a fun tik tok to spread awareness that fireworks are illegal in the city.
In the TikTok video, a firefighter is holding a firework trying to figure out if they should light it, with the audio “don’t do it” in the background. When they finally go for it, another person sprays the man and a firework with water.
CSFD says this year they wanted to take a lighter approach to spreading awareness that they hope will translate to a larger audience.
“A lot of times we see just some graphics that will say ‘hey fireworks are illegal’ and we really wanted to come up with a way that we could get the message across to our community and have a little fun. We kinda air on the side of the fun things when we have serious topics because we want to make sure it’s a little bit more relatable to people,” said CSFD official Ashley Franco.