The number of children injured in fireworks accidents in Northern Ireland has increased by 56 per cent.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) is concerned that children aged under 15 are particularly at risk during the peak Halloween season.
The group is running a series of workshops with Home Accident Prevention Northern Ireland explaining the dangers after recording 86 injuries during Halloween last year.
The Democratic Unionist Party has called for a ban on selling fireworks to individuals.
Janice Bisp, head of RoSPA Northern Ireland said: "We are extremely concerned by last year's figures which show 86 people needing treatment in the five-week Halloween sales period.
"More than half of those hurt were children, who shouldn't even have fireworks in the first place.
"They were nearly all boys and many of them received burns to their hands and face."
There were 53 wounded in 2004 with 23 of those aged 11-15. That age-group sustained 33 injuries in 2005.
Fireworks have been used to attack the security forces and individuals.