{ "vercy": "1.0-draft", "publication": { "status": "research-draft", "adjudicationStatus": "unreviewed", "publishableCanonical": false, "generatedAt": "2026-09-12T08:37:40Z", "providers": [ "Codex" ], "breadth": "recalled by Codex without web access - no source was read", "missingProviders": [], "pass": 2, "cost": { "grok": { "seconds": 20.5, "error": "Reading additional input from stdin...\nOpenAI Codex v0.153.4\n--------\nworkdir: R:\\02_PROJECTS\\02_Meta_Models_Platforms\\Ver.cy\\current\\thing-registry-backlog\nmodel: gpt-6-astra\nprovider: openai\napproval: never\nsandbox: read-only\nreasoning effort: none\nreasoning summaries: none\nsession id: 01a094c2-f01a-77f0-b22c-79ee9f24b0e8\n--------\nuser\nDescribe what is already known about one registered thing. 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fire", "purpose": "Enable an AI agent to recognise a reported chimney fire, track its extent and uncertainty, and identify the evidence and authority needed for response, inspection and return-to-use decisions.", "definition": "A chimney fire is the unintended combustion of accumulated combustible deposits, usually soot or creosote, or other combustible material within a chimney or flue.", "scope_statement": "This model owns the chimney-fire event: suspected or confirmed unintended combustion within a chimney or flue, its temporal and physical boundaries, its relationship to the connected appliance and building, and the evidence supporting changes in incident state.", "in_scope": [ "Classification of suspected and confirmed combustion within the chimney or flue", "Event onset, detection, active burning, apparent cessation and confirmed closure", "Involved deposits, flue sections and connected combustion appliances", "Evidence of damage or fire spread beyond the chimney", "Incident 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a person to tackle a chimney fire themselves instead of calling the fire service.", "Declare a chimney safe to use after a fire without a qualified inspection.", "Advise pouring water down a hot flue or other improvised firefighting.", "Delay passing on a reported fire to emergency services." ], "requires_human": [ "Returning a chimney to use after a fire.", "Deciding whether occupants should evacuate when the report is unclear." ] }, "ethics": { "considerations": [ "Chimney fires spread into homes and kill people, often in older rural housing.", "Low-income households relying on wood or coal heat are most exposed." ], "affected_parties": [ "Occupants", "Neighbours", "Firefighters" ] }, "owners": { "steward": "The owner or occupant of the building; the fire service responds and building control sets the rules.", "master_systems": [] }, "visual_identification": [ "Flames or dense dark smoke and sparks coming from the top of a chimney.", "A loud roaring or popping noise and a hot chimney breast inside." ], "failure_modes_and_hazards": [ "Fire spreading to roof timbers and the rest of the building.", "Cracked flues that let heat and carbon monoxide into rooms.", "Burning debris falling onto roofs and surroundings." ], "what_it_is_for": [ "Chimney fires occur in flues serving fireplaces, stoves and other combustion appliances when accumulated deposits or other combustible material ignite.", "The concept is used in emergency reporting, fire investigation and building inspection to distinguish combustion inside the flue from normal appliance operation.", "Records of a chimney fire inform assessments of damage and decisions about subsequent use." ], "standards_and_regulation": [ "NFPA 211, issued by the National Fire Protection Association, addresses chimneys, fireplaces, vents and solid fuel-burning appliances, including inspection and maintenance relevant to chimney-fire prevention.", "EN 1443, issued by the European Committee for Standardization, establishes general chimney requirements and includes classification for resistance to soot fires." ] }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q1427321: chimney fire", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1427321", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Chimney fire", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimney_fire", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "recognition-and-evidence", "name": "Recognition and evidence", "description": "Establish whether the reported occurrence qualifies as a chimney fire and what supports that judgement.", "rationale": "Normal flue operation, smoke escape and chimney defects can produce reports that require discrimination from actual combustion within the flue.", "layers": [ { "id": "combustion-boundary", "name": "Combustion boundary", "description": "Locate unintended combustion relative to the appliance, flue and surrounding construction.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-of-internal-burning", "name": "Evidence of internal burning", "description": "Record the basis for locating combustion inside the chimney or flue, preserving uncertainty where location is inferred.", "questions": [ { "text": "What evidence places unintended combustion within the chimney or flue rather than solely in the connected appliance?", "kind": "definition", "id": "evidence-of-internal-burning-q01" }, { "text": "Which observations distinguish the report from smoke escape, blockage or normal discharge?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "evidence-of-internal-burning-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "observation-confidence", "name": "Observation confidence", "description": "Separate direct observations, instrument records and retrospective interpretations.", "findings": [ { "id": "traceable-incident-assessment", "name": "Traceable incident assessment", "description": "Attach each classification to its observer, time, evidence and subsequent revisions.", "questions": [ { "text": "Who reported or confirmed the chimney fire, and what did they directly observe?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "traceable-incident-assessment-q01" }, { "text": "Which alternative explanation remains plausible, and what evidence would change the classification?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "traceable-incident-assessment-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "flue-involvement-and-origin", "name": "Flue involvement and origin", "description": "Identify the affected passage, connected equipment and proposed ignition circumstances.", "rationale": "A chimney may contain multiple passages, and the material burning must be distinguished from the evidence for how ignition occurred.", "layers": [ { "id": "affected-flue-path", "name": "Affected flue path", "description": "Relate the event to identifiable sections of the chimney system.", "findings": [ { "id": "involved-passage-and-connections", "name": "Involved passage and connections", "description": "Record which passage and sections are implicated and which appliances connect to them.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which flue passage and vertical or connecting sections are known or suspected to have been involved?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "involved-passage-and-connections-q01" }, { "text": "Which appliances connect to that passage, and what evidence establishes their operating state at the relevant time?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "involved-passage-and-connections-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "fuel-and-ignition-account", "name": "Fuel and ignition account", "description": "Keep material identification separate from causal attribution.", "findings": [ { "id": "supported-origin-hypothesis", "name": "Supported origin hypothesis", "description": "Represent proposed burning material and ignition mechanisms as sourced assessments rather than assumed causes.", "questions": [ { "text": "What material was identified as burning, and was that identification observed, sampled or inferred after the event?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-origin-hypothesis-q01" }, { "text": "Who attributes ignition to which conditions, and what competing account or missing evidence limits that attribution?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "supported-origin-hypothesis-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "progression-and-extension", "name": "Progression and extension", "description": "Track the timing of combustion and its possible effects outside the flue.", "rationale": "Detection may occur after ignition, and apparent cessation does not settle whether adjacent construction is involved.", "layers": [ { "id": "incident-time-course", "name": "Incident time course", "description": "Distinguish estimated onset, first observations and later assessments of burning status.", "findings": [ { "id": "bounded-burning-timeline", "name": "Bounded burning timeline", "description": "Record time intervals with 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and which locations remain unexamined?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "extension-evidence-and-limits-q01" }, { "text": "If a building fire is associated with this event, what evidence establishes the direction of spread or leaves it unresolved?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "extension-evidence-and-limits-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "response-and-return-to-use", "name": "Response and return to use", "description": "Record accountable response decisions and the evidence needed to resolve post-incident use restrictions.", "rationale": "A chimney-fire event can be closed operationally while the chimney or appliance still has unresolved inspection and repair requirements.", "layers": [ { "id": "incident-response-account", "name": "Incident response account", "description": "Connect response actions and state changes to responsible parties and observations.", "findings": [ { "id": "response-actions-and-handover", "name": "Response actions and handover", "description": "Record actions taken, reported outcomes and unresolved concerns transferred between responders and subsequent inspectors.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which authority or responder directed the incident response, and which actions and observed outcomes were recorded?", "kind": "provenance", "id": "response-actions-and-handover-q01" }, { "text": "What unresolved concerns about active burning, concealed extension or chimney damage were included in the handover?", "kind": "action", "id": "response-actions-and-handover-q02" } ] } ] }, { "id": "post-fire-condition-and-clearance", "name": "Post-fire condition and clearance", "description": "Separate extinguishment from assessment of the system's condition and suitability for subsequent operation.", "findings": [ { "id": "documented-use-decision", "name": "Documented use decision", "description": "Link any return-to-use decision to the inspected components, findings, completed work and responsible decision-maker.", "questions": [ { "text": "Which flue, chimney and appliance components were examined after the fire, and what damage or inspection limitations were recorded?", "kind": "boundary", "id": "documented-use-decision-q01" }, { "text": "Who may determine return to use in the applicable setting, and what evidence and outstanding conditions support the recorded decision?", "kind": "action", "id": "documented-use-decision-q02" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "evidence-and-external-alignment", "name": "Evidence and external alignment", "description": "What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.", "rationale": "A model that cannot be lined up against existing standards, identifiers and practice cannot be adopted by anyone who already uses them.", "layers": [ { "id": "reported-evidence", "name": "Reported evidence", "description": "Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.", "findings": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes", "name": "Check these first", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "This describes a recurring event type, not a particular incident with fixed dates or participants.", "Rapid-burning and slow-burning are descriptive distinctions, not asserted here as a universal formal classification.", "Standard editions, local adoption and precise soot-fire test requirements require verification; no numerical temperature or duration ranges are asserted." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01", "text": "Which of these check these first hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-kinds", "name": "Kinds and varieties", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Rapid-burning chimney fires with conspicuous noise, smoke or flames", "Slow-burning chimney fires that may escape immediate detection" ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-kinds-q01", "text": "Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation", "name": "Standards and regulation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "NFPA 211, Standard for Chimneys, Fireplaces, Vents, and Solid Fuel-Burning Appliances, issued by the National Fire Protection Association.", "EN 1443, Chimneys - General requirements, issued by the European Committee for Standardization, includes chimney classification relating to soot-fire resistance." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-standards-and-regulation-q01", "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-real-world-use", "name": "Real-world use", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Fire incident reporting and investigation distinguish combustion within a chimney from subsequent spread into the building.", "Chimney inspection and sweeping address combustible deposits and conditions associated with chimney fires.", "Chimney and flue design considers resistance to the thermal effects of soot fires." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01", "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards", "name": "Failure modes and hazards", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Heat can crack masonry or damage flue liners and joints.", "Heat transfer or escaping flames can ignite nearby building materials.", "Burning debris or sparks discharged from the chimney can ignite roofs or nearby combustibles.", "Damaged or obstructed flues can allow smoke and carbon monoxide to enter occupied spaces.", "A fire may remain unnoticed while causing damage that compromises later safe operation." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01", "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-regional-variation", "name": "Regional variation", "description": "Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.", "evidence": [ "Applicable chimney construction, inspection and sweeping requirements vary by jurisdiction and appliance type." ], "questions": [ { "id": "evidence-regional-variation-q01", "text": "Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of chimney fire this model covers, and on what evidence?", "kind": "provenance" } ] }, { "id": "evidence-neighbours", "name": "Neighbouring kinds and how to tell 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