Safety

Calls, Flu Waves and Accidents

How emergency calls play out in the city, why sometimes more and sometimes less happens, and what flu waves and traffic accidents are about.

Emergency doctor

Every case your services handle is a real call in the city. Vehicles only drive when something has actually happened. At the top of each service's window the "Calls" block shows the latest case of the day.

Emergency runs

With sirens on, vehicles drive through red lights. Cross traffic stops.
If their own lane is blocked, they switch to the oncoming lane. If that fails too, as a last resort they briefly hop over the line of cars.
Helicopters fly in a straight line, circle over the scene and then fly off again.

Ambulance on duty — An ambulance with flashing lights on the way to an emergency

Police in action

A blue police star spins above the crime scene.
With serious crimes the offender often flees by car. A chase begins, the police set up roadblocks, and the helicopter follows the car with its searchlight.
Drones patrol the roads in the service area.

Helicopter over the city — The police helicopter scans the streets with its searchlight

Sometimes more, sometimes less

The city has good and bad days. Each game day has its own form, separately for patients, emergencies and crime. It never stays completely quiet for long though: after a while a case will come even in a small city.

Flu waves

Every now and then a flu wave breaks out. For a few hours far more people fall ill. The daily log reports when it starts and ends, and the doctor brings it up. Enough doctors in reserve will absorb such a wave.

Traffic accidents

The more people live in the area, the sooner there is a crash on the road. An accident brings one or two injured people as emergencies. Two wrecks block the road at the accident site, an ambulance arrives, often police and fire department too.

Accident site — An accident site with warning lights on the road