Wollongong is unlikely to follow in Shellharbour's footsteps to consider cutting its next round of public fireworks to redirect the money to the Rural Fire Service.
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That's the message from Wollongong Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery, who said he believes there are other ways to raise funds and support the state's hard working fire services.
"We don't have any Christmas fireworks in Wollongong, so the next ones would be New Year's Eve and then Australia Day," Cr Bradbery said.
"And while we will obviously be assessing any fire risk, and will be led by the RFS when it comes to that, we're already locked in to a contract and there would be a penalty involved for the city if we were to cancel."
The Mercury understands the city pays around $15,000 to $20,000 for each fireworks display.
Cr Bradbery said he would be putting forward a suggestion for an RFS "bucket collection" at the two events, which are attended by tens of thousands of residents.
Cr Bradbery's assurances about Wollongong's summer fireworks come off the back of a push from Shellharbour councillor Kellie Marsh to cancel next week's Carols by Candlelight fireworks at Warilla Beach.
At a meeting next Tuesday, Cr Marsh will take the unusual step of proposing that the city pays $8800 to not hold its fireworks, instead of paying $4400 for them to go ahead.
With Shellharbour council already locked into a contract with the company providing the fireworks, Cr Marsh will suggest the council fulfills its agreement to pay $4400, but not hold the display.
The council would then make a donation of the same amount to Shellharbour local government area brigades, which are Oak Flats, Dunmore, Albion Park and Calderwood, under her plan.
While he admitted this might sound "a bit odd" for the city to essentially pay twice the amount of money to not hold fireworks, independent councillor Peter Moran said he would support Cr Marsh.
"It's unfortunate, but in the greater scheme of things, $4400 is not a great amount in the context of the council's $80 million budget," he said.
"I think it's worth it if we can move away from the old way of doing things into a more sensitive and environmentally friendly option."
Cr Moran has unsuccessfully tried to have Shellharbour's fireworks displays cancelled a number of times in recent years, due to concerns about their affect on wildlife, domestic animals and human health.
"I think we should move away from fireworks to noiseless fireworks and laser shows," he said.
"This year there is a greater imperative, simply because of the insensitivity of having fireworks displays at a time when significant areas of the state are impacted so horrendously by fire.
"Even in this area, people are already struggling with the smoke from the fires, and fireworks add to the public health risks there."
Around Australia, councils have been cancelling - or considering cancelling - their fireworks displays to make way for bushfire related fundraising.
For instance, in Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, Christmas carols fireworks have been cancelled in favour of a fundraiser for injured wildlife, while in Sydney thousands of people signed an online petition to call for the NYE display to be scrapped.
Two weeks ago, a Sydney corporate fireworks display was labelled "shockingly bad taste" after they went ahead while the state faced a day of "catastrophic" fire danger and bushfires.