and banners designed to reinforce the city's policy that illegal fireworks are just that.chief robert sapien/san jose fire dept "....fireworks present a real threat to our community..."acting fire chief robert sapien.robert sapien/san jose fire chief "....often, fireworks end up in the hands of unsupervised children, they often result in injuries and they often result in property damage..." residents are encouraged to report illegal fireworks with a tool on the city's website. new this year is the means to upload visual proof of the suspected offenders, who face a minimum $5,000 fine.robert sapien/san jose fire dept. "....we're going to vet every single report that we receive the appropriate information before we proceed with the citations..."illegal fireworks are suspected in a fire that charred 71 acres last month directly across from the street where anton ngo lives. anton ngo/home threatened by wild fire ".....i am in my house, i see the fire far away, i thought we'd be okay but before i knew it the fire is here and we have to run...." this record illegal firworks cache, seized and unvei