Emergency of technogenic character

The technogenic factor is the most common cause of emergencies. Technogenic emergency is the condition when by the result of the emergence of a source of technogenic emergency on the site, certain territory or water area, normal living conditions are violated, there is a threat to life and health of people, and that leads to damage of the property of population, the national economy and the environment.

Dangerous technogenic accidents include accidents at industrial facilities or transport, fires, explosions or release of various types of energy.

Technogenic dangers are usually classified according to the elements of the technosphere, which are sources of dangers:

> Mechanical danger - from moving parts of machines and mechanisms.

> Chemical danger - from existing chemical productions and use of products.

> Energy danger - from objects that are sources of various energy, as well as radioactive materials and sources of radiation of various origin (electric current, static electricity, electromagnetic fields, laser radiation, radiation of the optical range, ionizing radiation).

> Biological danger - from objects connected with the study of microbiological processes and production based on these processes, as well as objects of agriculture.

The methodology of protection from technogenic hazards is based on generally accepted principles and methods of protection from dangers. First of all the quantitative assessment of danger is made, after which the necessity and the degree of protection is determined. The method of protection and its technical implementation are chosen individually in each specific case.