BUCKEYE FIRE MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET: WET CHEMICAL CHARGE

Buckeye Fire manufactures a line of Wet Chemical fire extinguishers that are designed for use in commercial cooking areas.

Buckeye’s MSDS for this extinguishing agent is included for download below.

Here is a summary of the information included in the Buckeye MSDS PDF.

Section 1: Chemical Product and Company Overview

This section simply lists what the product is called along with the contact information for Buckeye Fire.

Section 2: Hazard Identification and Emergency Overview

This section explains how to identify the Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishant and provides any applicable hazard and precautionary statements.

Section 3: Composition/Information on Ingredients

This section lists chemical composition and specific weight percentages of the various ingredients of the Buckeye Wet Chemical Gharge agent, along with the CAS number for each ingredient

Section 4: First Aid Measures

This section explains how to treat chemical exposure to the eyes and skin as well as how to treat someone who has inhaled or ingested the chemical. It also identifies existing medical conditions that can be aggravated by exposure to the wet chemical extinguishing agent.

Section 5: Firefighting Measures

This section reviews the extinguishing media, any special firefighting procedures, and any unusual fire or explosion hazards.

Section 6: Accidental Release Measures

This section describes what to do in a situation where the Wet Chemical agent has been released or accidentally spilled, including how to clean it up and decontaminate the area.

Section 7: Handling and Storage

This section presents the importance of avoiding eye, respiratory, and skin exposure, and how to properly store the product.

Section 8: Exposure Controls and Personal Protection

This section presents the exposure guidelines, explains the respiratory hazards of exhaust gases and incomplete combustion that exist during the use of the extinguisher, and the recommended respiratory, eye, and skin protective measures to limit exposure.

Section 9: Physical and Chemical Properties

This section identifies the physical and chemical properties of the Wet Chemical agent.

Section 10: Stability and Reactivity

This section lists the degree of stability, incompatibles, the byproducts of decomposition, and any potential hazardous reactions.

Section 11: Toxicology Information

This section presents the known exposure effects to human target organs and tissues due to “acute toxicity”, “chronic toxicity”, and any “reproductive toxicity”.

Section 12: Ecological Information

This section identifies any effects that agent has on ecosystem toxicity, its degradability, bioaccumulation, and soil mobility with groundwater.

Section 13: Considerations for Disposal

This section identifies agent disposal considerations and the potential differences between federal regulations and state or local regulations.

Section 14: Transportation Information

This section identifies that the wet chemical agent is not defined as a hazardous material in the US or Canada, but that when transported in a stored pressure fire extinguisher the extinguisher itself is considered a hazardous material and shipping requirements are listed.

Section 15: Regulatory Information

This section identifies the ingredient’s international inventory status by country and agency, and the federal and state regulatory information of the agent.

Section 16: Other Information

This section declares “other information” that may be pertinent related to the specific product including but not limited to regulatory information from for other countries as well as any qualifying statements.