Does National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 30 apply to PDI’s surface disinfection and cleaning products?

No. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 30 applies to the storage, handling, and use of flammable and combustible liquids. PDI products such as Sani-HP1™, Sani-HyPerCide^® Wipes, Sani-Cloth^® Prime, Super Sani-Cloth, Sani-Cloth Plus, Sani-Cloth Bleach, and Easy Screen^® Cleaning Wipes are exempt from NFPA 30 requirements.

Although the liquid portion of some of these products may be classified as flammable on the SDS, the wipes themselves are not considered “liquids.” EPA classifies wipes as mixture products containing both solids and liquids, and NFPA has confirmed that wipes are not treated as liquids for the purposes of NFPA 30.

Additionally, NFPA 30 Section 9.1.4(4) specifically excludes “medicines, foodstuffs, cosmetics, and other consumer products that contain more than 50% by volume of water-miscible liquids, with the remainder of the solution not being flammable, where packaged in individual containers not exceeding 5 L (1.3 gallons).”

For these reasons, NFPA 30 does not apply to PDI disinfectant wipes. However, always verify storage requirements with your insurance carrier, as their standards may be more stringent than NFPA guidelines.