Just because Pennsylvania residents can now buy fireworks doesn’t mean they can launch them anywhere.

That’s the message Middletown officials want to get across through a public information campaign on fireworks they’re testing this Labor Day weekend.

The township is aiming to educate residents on ways the state law has changed, following lawmakers’ move last October allowing Pennsylvanians to buy consumer fireworks like firecrackers and bottle rockets.

Under the state law, it is illegal to discharge fireworks from almost all residential properties in Middletown on account of a provision forbidding the explosives from being set off within 150 feet of an occupied structure, whether anyone is inside.

In terms of new ordinances, township Manager Stephanie Teoli Kuhls said she believes existing provisions already effectively cover fireworks.

The township already forbids fireworks from being launched in its parks without a local permit, which state law also requires before anyone can launch the more bombastic display fireworks. For display fireworks, which only professionals may use, staff from the fire marshal’s office also inspect their setup and launch.

Even so, officials said, further action — including a potential resolution to state lawmakers about modifying the fireworks law — could be revisited, depending on how the Labor Day weekend goes.