Observed arrival · 2026-09-14

The Second Emergency: A Municipal AI-Risk Exercise

thesecondemergency.com Observed source

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A free discussion paper and tabletop exercise asking Canadian municipalities to plan for AI-driven disruption as a critical-infrastructure emergency.

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The project pairs a 19-page discussion paper with a 13-page tabletop exercise organized into three modules and 31 questions. Its planning frame is deliberately municipal: the page places a stated March-to-September 2027 risk window inside a council term and traces dependencies from internet and carrier infrastructure through SCADA, dispatch, payroll, permits, transit, hospitals, benefits, and pharmacy access. The page attributes the incident figures to an investigation by METR and Redwood Research.

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