The Urban Nightmare megagame, is a political crisis management game of a zombie outbreak in Romero City. I played the Deputy Chief of the Emergency Services. (A combined paramedic and firefighter service). We had 20 fire appliances and 8 emergency ambulances to service the city. During the megagame I posted tweets of what we were doing, remembering not to start talking about zombies at any point. This was my attempt to keep it realistic. It meant that some of our decisions weren’t optimal for the zombie apocalypse. They did make sense for major emergencies though.
The Start of Urban Nightmare
Overnight we’ve had four emergency calls for paramedics at Sin Street, Cass Tech High School, Elmwood Park & the Water-works Park. All four incidents have had their casualties taken to City General Hospital (which is the closest).
Live Tweets from Urban Nightmare
I live tweeted during the megagame (until it overwhelmed us, see pt.2 for my follow on role)
Overnight 4 paramedic calls. Sin Street, Cass Tech High School, Elmwood Park & the Water-works Park. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
All four incidents have had their casualties taken to City General Hospital. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Police have an outbreak of civil disorder, perhaps bad batch of illegal drugs. Gang violence and shootings reported. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Police report that they have lost contact with units in Elmwood Park and Cass Tech HS in Romero City #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Emergency calls for paramedics, Cass Tech & Elmwood Park. Cas to City General Hospital #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
1/2 Fire alarms for: Mack & Delquindre; Mountvernon & Oakland; South-Eastern High School; Garfort woods; Jacksonmount; #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
2/2 Fire alarms: Livernois & Michigan; State Office Building; Holbrook & Oakland; Milwell; and Dearborn. Two pumps each.#megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Three casualties at Elmwood Park, paramedics in attendance. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Police unable to secure access for emergency services to Elmwood Park, State 1 casualties now reported state 4. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Traffic watch reporting significant levels of traffic moving North out of Romero City on routes 96, 10 & 75 Panic Sin St. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Chief Quinlan has gone to a Gold Command meeting at Police HQ being chaired by the Mayor. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Paramedics report mass attack of innocent by crazed drug addicts in Elmwood Park, no survivors. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Fire alarms: Wayne University; Cobb Field; Harding Park; West Hillayne; Branwalk; Kirkmore Cemetery; #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
2/2 Fire alarms: Penn Central Depot; 17th & Elm (major fire); East Hillayne; 15th & Pingree (no access police cordon) #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Paramedics report more casualties at Elmwood Park and many dead, but unable to access as unsafe. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Necrotech have been approached to do some toxicology on the casualties to understand the unusually high rate of DOA #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Mayor Banderas of Romero City is holding a press conference. Appeals to people to say indoors to avoid rioters #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Necrotech tell us the outbreak is a virus, but they don't know how it spreads yet. We need to quarantine victims. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Casualties reported at Elmwood Cemetery, paramedics attending. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Police HQ is surrounded by infected people and is inaccessible. Romero City Mayor & Police Chief trapped inside. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Emergency Service HQ is relocating to St Francis Hospital as a safer location. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
The mayor has announced a state of emergency
#megagame #zombies— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Necrotech have confirmed the vector for the virus is transmission of bodily fluids #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Uncontrolled fires are rampant in the centre of Romero City, downtown is alight as is the Sin Street area. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Emergency services have introduced a 12 hour shift system to boost effectiveness. We're also keeping escape routes clear #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
The State Governor has just declared a state of emergency, five outbreaks across the state. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Outbreak spreading Romero City. 1st&Mack, Mack&Gratoit, NE High School, 14th&Grand, NW High School, Central HS infected #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Large areas of Romero City appear to be empty, nearly the whole of the 3rd, 5th, 10th and 17th precincts are uninhabited. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Fires still raging downtown and central district. Stoat News HQ, Police HQ on fire, can't get fire crews in. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Police HQ & TV station made priority buildings to save, Gold Command needs the TV to get messages out. #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Five fire crews held up by National Guard near News HQ. Can't get close to fire #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Thoughts turning to evacuation now. Firefighters and paramedics families concentrating on suburban fire stations #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
Too dangerous to fight fires because of zombie menace. Keeping eevac route open and speeding departure #megagame #zombies
— James Kemp (@greencoatboy) March 17, 2012
PS no idea why it locates me in Luton, we were playing the game in Anerley Town Hall in South London!
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