Every show fired in Des Moines becomes a job file: client, site, date, firing plan, quote, contract, permit, invoice. The pipeline shows where each deal stands, from the first call to the final payment.
Pyrotechnic stock is tracked by lot, with expiry, calibre and net explosive content: you know what leaves for the Des Moines show and what stays in the magazine, without counting by hand.
The firing plan is built line by line with safety distances computed, then previewed in 3D in PyroSimulator before show night in Des Moines.
Fireworks regulations in Des Moines
In the United States, display pyrotechnics falls first under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which enforces Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 555 "Commerce in Explosives". Anyone engaging in the business of importing, manufacturing, dealing in, receiving or transporting display fireworks must first obtain a federal explosives licence or permit. That federal layer never replaces the display permit: it sits on top of it.
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.
- 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.
- Built-in accounting for fireworks companiesRevenue, expenses, profit per show and an FEC export for your accountant, computed from the files you already keep.
- 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.
- 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.
- Internal messaging for fireworks crewsTalk to your crew and subcontractors without leaving PyroDesk: private conversations, groups per show and a general feed.