Flood Gate Crisis

As Chief Engineer of the Blackwater Dam, you must convince two state safety inspectors that the newly discovered hairline cracks don't warrant an emergency evacuation of 50,000 downstream residents. With a major storm system approaching and millions in hydroelectric contracts at stake, you have 15 minutes to prevent them from triggering an evacuation protocol that could destroy your career and the region's power grid.

Challenges

Survivors

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Difficulty

B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Chief Dam Engineer

Conversation Partner

Senior Safety Inspector Diana Vasquez

Setting

Rain-slicked control room overlooking the massive concrete dam face through reinforced windows. Emergency lights pulse softly as monitors display real-time structural data.

Location

Blackwater Hydroelectric Dam, Control Center Level

Learning Objectives

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Provide technical evidence that the cracks are non-structural

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Present comprehensive monitoring system data

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Demonstrate readiness of emergency response protocols

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Chief, these stress fracture patterns match exactly what we saw at Willow Creek three days before it breached. I'm initiating evacuation protocols in fifteen minutes unless you can prove these cracks are genuinely superficial. The clock's ticking.”

This is how Senior Safety Inspector Diana Vasquez's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#95

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