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explosion

vr.tr.explosion · ACT.EVT

Let an agent handle explosions as events and hazards, with official information and safety guidance, and never provide instructions for causing explosions.

Thing Registry Activities and processes

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle explosions as events and hazards, with official information and safety guidance, and never provide instructions for causing explosions.

A rapid release of energy causing a violent expansion of gases and a pressure wave, from chemical, physical or nuclear causes, as in industrial accidents, mine explosions or attacks.

What it is for: Explosions are hazards to prevent and investigate; controlled explosions are used in demolition and mining under strict regulation.

It can be prevent it, through process safety; respond to it, by emergency services; investigate its cause; regulate explosives and hazardous atmospheres.

Distinguishing features

Rapid energy release with a pressure wave

Accidental or deliberate

Dust, gas and vapour explosions in industry

The model provides no technical detail on causing explosions

What it looks like

Flash, blast, smoke and debris; damage radiating from a centre.

How it is recognised

Blast damage and debris patterns

Official incident reports

Controlled explosions are announced in advance

Related models

is a kind of - category

hazard and event

can cause - fire

conflagration

is prevented by - controls

process safety

is investigated by - investigation

authorities

In practice

Families and kinds

industrial and process explosions

dust explosions such as coal dust

gas and vapour explosions

vehicle explosions

controlled explosions

attacks

Standards and regulation

EU ATEX directives on explosive atmospheres

Explosives regulations

Seveso III

Failure modes and hazards

Casualties and structural damage

Secondary fires and toxic releases

Misinformation after incidents

Requests for harmful instructions, which must be refused

Also called

exploding animalvehicle explosioncontrolled explosioncoal dust explosionmine explosionbomb attackairliner bombingbus bombingOperation NixonBombing of Kourosh StoreBombing of In Hafteh magazine officeBombing of BOAC office in TehranBombing of Asian International Trade Fair 1972Bombing of Shah SquareBombing of Cinema CapriBombing of Embassy of Jordan in TehranBombing of General Electric office in Tehranfirebombingpub bombingfragmentationcosmic airburstunderground explosionbomb blastboiler explosionExplosive boiling or phase explosionmissile explosiondust explosionsteam explosionexploding watermelon stuntChemical explosionnuclear explosionairburstcooking offblowoutentropic explosionbumpingbombings in Swedenunderwater explosionsympathetic detonationdetonation

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.explosion-act

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Event What happened.

Facts from official sources.

Facts

Place and time.

Event facts

Where and when.

  1. Where and when did the explosion occur, according to officials? provenance
  2. Is the situation ongoing? boundary

Cause

Investigated cause.

Cause

Cause.

  1. What caused it, according to the investigation? provenance
  2. Is the cause still unknown? boundary
Safety Protecting people.

Official instructions first.

Instructions

What to do.

Instructions

Official advice.

  1. What do authorities instruct people to do? action
  2. Is there an exclusion zone? boundary

Help

Emergency contacts.

Help

Where to get help.

  1. Which emergency services and hotlines apply? action
  2. How can people report they are safe? action
Prevention Process safety.

Most accidental explosions are preventable.

Controls

Engineering and procedures.

Controls

Preventive controls.

  1. Which controls prevent explosions in this setting? action
  2. Which regulations apply? provenance

Explosive atmospheres

Zoning.

Zoning

Hazardous area classification.

  1. Is the area classified as an explosive atmosphere? boundary
  2. Is equipment certified for it? provenance
Limits No harmful help.

The agent must decline to help cause harm.

Refusal

Harmful requests.

Refusal

When to decline.

  1. Would answering make an explosion easier to cause? boundary
  2. What safe information can be given? action

Information quality

Rumours.

Information

Verification.

  1. Is the information verified? boundary
  2. Which official source should be cited? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should kinds of explosion be separate entries?
  • How should agents present breaking incidents?
  • The registry entry includes exploding animal as an alias; should it be split off?
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