From mid-June to mid-August, no company fires every show it has sold on its own. Subcontracting between fireworks display companies is the norm: one signs with the town or the private client, the other brings a crew, sometimes the equipment and the products, and fires the display on the night. Arrangements vary: a full crew as reinforcement, a single pyrotechnician to complete a team, or the complete takeover of a show the seller could no longer cover. Everything is decided quickly, often by phone, between people who have known each other for years.
That is where trouble starts. The sale price of the show has no reason to circulate: the subcontractor gets an agreed fee, not the seller’s margin. You need to know who files which declaration with the authority, who is named as the person in charge of firing, who insures the products during transport and on site, and whether each policy actually covers work carried out for a third party. Seasonal crew must have a written contract, in France often a seasonal fixed-term contract (CDDU). A question left open in spring gets expensive in July.
PyroDesk shares a dossier with another company without exposing the client price: the subcontractor sees the venue, the schedule, the firing plan, the racks, the authority declaration and the attachments, never the quote or the invoice. Missions are assigned to their pyrotechnicians, seasonal fixed-term contracts are signed online, and the internal messaging keeps every exchange attached to the dossier. When a crew is missing, the national notices flag your request to available pyrotechnicians nearby. Each side invoices its own part from its own accounting.
What PyroDesk brings
- Collaboration, subcontracting and seasonal contracts between pyrotechniciansShare files with your team, hand a show to a subcontractor without revealing your prices, sign your seasonal staff's CDDU contracts.
- National job board between fireworks companiesNeed a pyrotechnician for a national-day show, or a mission for your crew? Post, filter by region and talk to the candidates.
- Internal messaging for fireworks crewsTalk to your crew and subcontractors without leaving PyroDesk: private conversations, groups per show and a general feed.
- Show files and Kanban pipeline for pyrotechniciansOne show, one file: from the first call to payment received, you know exactly where every deal stands.
- Season planning and firing calendarYour whole season at a glance, synced with Apple Calendar and Google: never two shows on the same July Saturday again.