EPA TRI Facility · Fabricated Metals
Buckeye Fire Equipment
Kings Mountain, NC
- Total releases
- 6.0K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 4
- Latest report
- 2023
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Buckeye Fire Equipment: how the 6.0K lbs splits
6.0K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 6.0K lbs 100.0%
Buckeye Fire Equipment's 6.0K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Nitric acid.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Buckeye Fire Equipment is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kings Mountain, NC, in the fabricated metals sector. It reported 6.0K lbs of releases across 4 chemicals, summed over every year it filed. That ranks 10,855 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Carolina's 787 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Buckeye Fire Equipment is pounds #347 and chemical-count #204 at 6.0K lbs. Befesa Zinc Metal LLC leads reported pounds (43.1M lbs) at 4 chemicals (chemical-count #158). Pcs Phosphate Co Inc leads chemical count at 29 chemicals (22.9M lbs, pounds #2). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Cormetech Inc.; Livent USA Corp; Parker Hannifin - Gpd; Firestone Fibers & Textiles Co. Similar-scale Fabricated Metals peers outside North Carolina: Gkn Sinter Metals - Gallipolis; Sherrill Manufacturing Inc; Perfection Plating Inc; Cook Compression LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitric acid; 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123); Chromium; Manganese.
Buckeye Fire Equipment stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 4 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 6.0K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Gkn Sinter Metals - Gallipolis and Sherrill Manufacturing Inc.
Buckeye Fire Equipment vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
6.0K lbs Top 42% higher than 58% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Buckeye Fire Equipment: Nitric acid-led volume
Among the 3,421 Fabricated Metals facilities in this database, Buckeye Fire Equipment reports the 1,312th-largest volume (6.0K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Nitric acid alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside North Carolina include Gkn Sinter Metals - Gallipolis and Sherrill Manufacturing Inc.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Buckeye Fire Equipment's pounds in one chemical - here Nitric acid at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Buckeye Fire Equipment Form-R facts
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33% more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Buckeye Fire Equipment releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 6.0K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 100% (2.7K lbs to 0 lbs).
Buckeye Fire Equipment: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Buckeye Fire Equipment year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 100% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Nitric acid.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.7K lbs | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.3K lbs | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.0K lbs | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 lbs | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 lbs | 4 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Nitric acid | 6.0K lbs | - |
| 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123) | 0 lbs | - |
| Chromium | 0 lbs | - |
| Manganese | 0 lbs | - |
Buckeye Fire Equipment · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Buckeye Fire Equipment
Closest other reporters in North Carolina - including Cormetech Inc., Livent USA Corp, Parker Hannifin - Gpd, ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 786 other reporting facilities in North Carolina.
Similar Fabricated Metals Facilities
Other Fabricated Metals facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Carolina - e.g. Gkn Sinter Metals - Gallipolis, Sherrill Manufacturing Inc, Perfection Plating Inc.
Compare beyond North Carolina
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Buckeye Fire Equipment on cumulative reported pounds (6.0K lbs) and distinct chemical count (4). Release-pound peers include Apex Tool Group LLC - Lexington Operations, Trinseo LLC, G&g Fiberglass. Chemical-count peers include Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc., Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC, Solenis LLC. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
- Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Inc. Santa Isabel, PR · Transportation Equipment 4 chemicals
- Abb Installation Products Caribe LLC Vega Baja, PR · Electrical Equipment 4 chemicals
- Solenis LLC Chicopee, MA · Chemicals 4 chemicals
- Adhesive Applications Inc. - O'Neill St Easthampton Easthampton, MA · Miscellaneous Manufacturing 4 chemicals
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Nitric acid, 2,2-Dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123), Chromium, Manganese; nearby reporters include Cormetech Inc.. Buckeye Fire Equipment stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Buckeye Fire Equipment TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Buckeye Fire Equipment totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kings Mountain, NC, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 332813 · Fabricated Metals. 0.5% of Gaston TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Apex Tool Group LLC - Lexington Operations (Δ 0 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Buckeye Fire Equipment stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Nitric acid. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov