Event Details
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm AEDT (UTC+11:00)
Date: 16 October 2026
Venue: Online
Registration Fee: FREE
CPD Points: 1 point
About the Event
A power outage is rarely just a power outage. When electricity, telecommunications, transport, payment systems, healthcare access and household safety are affected, a local disruption can quickly become a complex community crisis.
In this live, interactive simulation, participants will step into a rapidly evolving scenario where a major infrastructure failure leaves a suburb without power. New information, competing priorities and escalating consequences will test how leaders identify vulnerable people, coordinate across organisations, communicate with the public and make decisions under pressure.
The session will show how quickly operational dependencies can become human impacts, and why preparedness depends on more than having a plan. It requires connected information, clear accountability, tested response arrangements and the ability to act decisively as the situation changes.
Key takeaways
Experience how cascading infrastructure disruption can affect homes, frontline services and community confidence.
Build a sharper understanding of critical interdependencies across power, communications, transport, health and essential services.
Explore the decisions that matter most in the first hours of a fast-moving community event.
Consider ways to strengthen scenario testing, response coordination, public communications and resilience planning.
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