Overview
- Last year’s display produced stray rockets that injured 19 people, including several with severe burns and three children among the seriously hurt.
- The revised safety concept, announced Monday, July 6, 2026, places all launch ramps inside seven muldencontainers with about 2.6‑metre high sidewalls and fixes racks with sand to prevent tipping and low‑altitude misfires.
- The fireworks will again be planned by Nico Europe while P&Z will supply and position the seven containers along the Rhine bank for the launches.
- Organisers and the Schützen agreed operational contingencies, including using smaller calibres if high river levels or other conditions reduce the required safety radii.
- Despite the new measures, the Staatsanwaltschaft says its investigation into the 2025 accident remains open, and the next large aerial display is scheduled for the second Kirmes Friday on July 24, 2026.