Fireworks Forum
UKFR's online community: Independent and proudly not on Facebook.
From 2023 my Forum has moved back to being a private community. You will need an active account in order to log in, or be invited to join by an existing member. Please see below for more help.
About the Fireworks Forum
My on-line fireworks forum was established over 20 years ago just after UKFR itself was first launched in 1999. Since then it has grown to become the UK’s biggest and best fireworks forum. The community has been championing pro-fireworks causes and supporting everyone from complete beginners through to seasoned pyromaniacs.
Whilst forums are considered somewhat “old school” these days, particularly with anyone under 30, my Forum continues to offer a friendly, relaxed and pro-fireworks place to hang out for those who prefer quality of content over quantity.
And whilst it might sound both strange and counterproductive to be proudly not on Facebook, remaining privately owned and not on social media means two important things: One, the community fully owns its own content and can set its own rules (the fate of a Facebook group or its contents will always be subject to the whim of its US owners). Two, your privacy is assured, given that I don’t sell or share any data about my users. It’s also completely free of banner adverts or affiliate codes and all that nonsense.
- Over half a million posts!
- Free to join (by invite only).
- Beginners welcome. No questions too silly.
- Fanatical about privacy: No email newsletters or marketing tracking for any reason. That's a promise.
- I don't sell fireworks - so no ulterior motives - my running costs are covered by Sponsors and kind member donations.
- Professionals and trade members welcome too.
Joining the Fireworks Forum
If you don’t already have a working account, you will need to be invited by an existing member. This could be a friend or colleague in the trade, or perhaps your local fireworks retailer if they’re already a member.
They need to contact me within the Forum to nominate you. If accepted, I issue a unique invitation code for you to register with, this is valid for 24 hours.
Note: I am aware of an issue with the registration form not working in Firefox browser. If you get repeated error messages, try Chrome or Safari.
You do not need to pay to join, but you should keep your account active as I regularly prune out inactive and unused accounts. So log in regularly and be sure to post once in a while!
Existing member? Cannot login?
If you have already registered a Forum account in the past but it isn’t working, it’s usually for one of two reasons: You have forgotten your login details or password, or the account has been deleted.
Forgotten login details:
The username should be either the handle you registered with, or the email address you used. If you have forgotten either of these, you can’t log in nor reset your account.
If you have forgotten your password you can try a reset. You will need access to the original email address you registered with; if you don’t you cannot perform a reset. Note also that iCloud, most Microsoft/Hotmail accounts and Yahoo! hard bounce reset emails back to me as spam, so you cannot reset those.
If you are not able to reset your account or login, you will need to register a new account which will require an invitation from an existing member.
Closed accounts:
If the Forum does not recognise the account details at all, it is likely the account has been deleted, in which case you will need to register again with an invite code from an existing member.
Through 2023 in order to move to a more private setting, a number of accounts were pruned out. These included:
- Inactive accounts, for example those with no login for over 12 months (some had not been used for up to 20 years!).
- Zero posting accounts. These were considered not to be contributing anything to the community and given the anonymous nature of these accounts, we decided we’d prefer to remove them. Some accounts had been active for over a decade without a single post in the Forum.
- Accounts subject to moderation.
- Duplicate accounts.
Direct link to the UKFR Fireworks Forum which you can bookmark for future use: