A funfair display closes the last evening, often a Sunday, at a time fixed by the municipal noise curfew. The format is short and dense, fired a few dozen metres from rides still running, caravans and canvas stalls. The firing area is negotiated on a fairground plan that is already full: the safety perimeter is won by shutting down a ride or moving a refreshment stand. Products are chosen for instant effect and minimal fallout: cakes, candles, small-calibre shells, fountains, with a quick finale before the showmen turn their sound systems back on.
The client is sometimes the municipality, sometimes the local festival committee, sometimes the showmen themselves passing the hat. The budget is tight, payment often late, and the order lands when the poster is already printed. The town hall expects a declaration in order, proof of insurance and timings that respect the noise curfew; the showmen expect you not to block their aisles a minute longer than necessary. What snags: a deposit never paid, a fairground layout changed the day before, a show pushed back twenty minutes and past the permitted hour.
With PyroDesk, the quote goes out the day the call comes in, the committee or the town hall signs quote and contract on the client portal and the deposit arrives by bank transfer before you order products. The dossier holds the annotated fairground plan, the curfew time from the municipal order, the pre-filled authority declaration and the exchanges with the showmen. Stock reserves the items, the calendar pins the crew to closing night, and the invoice is built from the quote the next morning, with overdue tracking so you are not chasing the committee in October.
What PyroDesk brings
- Fireworks quotes and invoices in 5 minutesPick your services, PyroDesk does the maths and produces a clean PDF in the client's language, ready to sign on the portal.
- Client portal with online signatureYour clients sign quotes and contracts with a finger, pay by bank transfer and follow their file from a secure link, in their language.
- Pre-filled CERFA 14098 and prefecture watchThe fireworks display declaration filled from the file, and the orders of all 101 French départements monitored for you.
- Show files and Kanban pipeline for pyrotechniciansOne show, one file: from the first call to payment received, you know exactly where every deal stands.
- Built-in accounting for fireworks companiesRevenue, expenses, profit per show and an FEC export for your accountant, computed from the files you already keep.