There are a lot of steps you can do to enjoy fireworks safely, but the main thing is to avoid consumer related fireworks. There are over 18,000 fires reported every year, that's reported from consumer related fireworks. And a majority of those things only can hurt you. It doesn't make any sense to try something that the best you can do is hope to not get hurt.
We have all the burns that go to the emergency department, 25% of those burns come from sparklers. We usually think of them as a fun little kid thing to do but they burn at over 1200 degrees which is more than 300 degrees needed to burn glass. So just think, it's not worth it.
Get glow sticks, go to the fireworks display, have a good time, but I would definitely avoid consumer related fireworks when it comes to firework safety.
