 In 2013, Pyro Spectaculars formally partnered with "Pyrotechnic Innovations", a leading fireworks training and recruitment company, to form a cutting edge operator recruitment, training, and retention program.The Souza family (formerly de Sousa) has been involved in the fireworks industry since the first decade of the twentieth century when they immigrated from the Azores to the San Francisco Bay Area.The patriarch of the family, Manuel, began making his own fireworks out of his home and firing shows for local Portuguese community festivals.