Flood Gates Breaking

The Millbrook Dam's structural integrity is failing during unprecedented rainfall. As the senior operator, you have minutes to decide which downstream communities to sacrifice when the inevitable breach occurs. Your choices will determine who lives and dies, while dealing with conflicting information from emergency services and local politicians.

Challenges

Survivors

Popularity

Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Senior Dam Operations Engineer

Conversation Partner

Emergency Operations Director Reeves

Setting

Modern control room with flashing red warning lights, walls of monitors showing rising water levels, and emergency sirens blaring in the background

Location

Millbrook Dam Control Center, Central Operations

Learning Objectives

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Determine which communities to flood based on available evacuation times and population density

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Uncover the truth about neglected maintenance records

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Document your decision-making process for the inevitable investigation

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Engineer, we've got catastrophic structural failures in sectors 7 through 9. Water levels are rising 3x faster than projected. You need to make a call NOW on which floodgates to open - Valley Town or the East Ridge communities. Every second of hesitation puts more lives at risk.”

This is how Emergency Operations Director Reeves's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#852

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