Simon Cansick, Professional Pyrotechnician with Hi-5 Fireworks

Simon Cansick is a professional pyrotechnician with Hi-5 Fireworks, and one of the company's most experienced senior firers. He is also the company's chemistry expert and his passion lies in the manufacturing of fireworks as much as the displays themselves.

In his spare time he likes nothing more than designing, building and testing his own fireworks, and his latest project is the much fabled chrysanthemum of mystery effect.

Simon has been involved in fireworks for over 9 years and has fired hundreds of safe and spectacular shows, from wedding firework displays to major corporate events and festival firework finales.

Simon is a director of Hi-5 Fireworks; importing the professional quality fireworks from China which are used extensively in Hi-5 displays. Simon also holds the BPA Level 2 qualification, which is currently the highest level qualification available in the UK firework display industry.

Simon says all Hi-5 Displays are his favourites, but when we pushed him for his top three he mentioned the bonfire night events in Folkestone 2009, the recent fireworks display in Middlesborough and the Malta 2009 displays.