Welcome to the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

Accidents and Catastrophes is responsible for repairing and reversing accidental magical damage within the Magical and Muggle World. Members of this Department leap into action when magic spells go awry, particularly when magical effects are spotted by Muggles. The Department works with other Departments to "clean up" the scene of any such event, modifying memories and reversing bewitchments. As necessary, the Department creates alternate stories to feed to the Muggle press to keep the existence of the magical community a secret.Above all, The Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes is tasked with upholding the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy. In addition to first point-of-contact response to Magical incidents, Employees of this department deal with experimental magic provisioning, spell testing and registry, event and structure concealment, and memory restoration and manufacture.

The Employee Record's Cabinet can be found here.

ATTENTION ALL EMPLOYEES: MINISTRY LOCKOUT INFORMATION

Attention all Department of Accidents & Catastrophes employees. Sometime during the course of winter vacation the Ministry of Magic became completely inaccessible through standard and Ministry approved entry points. Therefore, the Minister for Magic has opted for each department to move to a secure location within abandoned areas of the Muggle world. The Department of Accidents & Catastrophes has been temporarily relocated to the abandoned naval training school, HMS Royal Arthur Royal Naval Academy.* Ministry personnel will be required to use muggle transportation and get off at Aldgate bus station to reach this site initially until apparition zones have been established.


map of our temporary location

Regulation Office
( Reception & Waiting Area )
The actual entrance to the building is hidden behind overgrown vegetation and fallen pieces of roofing planks, but if one were to give the roofing planks a tap with their wand three times, a proper entrance would reveal itself to the wielder. However, even once you have stepped inside it is not apparent that you are actually in a building because of all the rubble, plant growth, and cracks in the foundation and walls. To your right as you enter is a wall whose paint is chipping away save for the graffiti of human eyes that almost seem to follow you as you move.
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If you are not an A&C employee you MUST post here and wait for an A&C employee to speak with you and grant you access into the facility before you post anywhere else. Failure to do so will result in your post being unceremoniously deleted. If nobody responds to you in due time, please send a PM or VM to one of the active employees or the Department Head.

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Armoury
( Office of Aron Ashburry-Hawthorne, Department Head )
Artifacts dating as far back as World War II are strung about the room in various piles here and there. Most appear to be too rusted over to be recognizable, but there may be something salvageable in here somewhere. The only things that looks new and, well, alive in the entire room is a single potted poppy on a wooden table and some of the plants that survived the fire in the reception area that Aron happened to take home over the break just in case the climate enchantments went haywire again. The table holding the poppy serves as the Department Head's desk, but there is another large table over by the wall opposite the door that can be used for any meetings the department may have while locked out.
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Operations Analysis Classroom
( to be utilized as a communal working area )
Charmed to fit all Magical Accidents and Catastrophes employees, there isn't a single chair in the room that doesn't squeak when sat on desk that doesn't rock when written on. Lockers line the back wall for employees to use. Just make sure you are careful not to cut yourself on the door's slightly jagged and rusty edge. There are a few protective charms placed on the area to ensure that the furniture won't be damaged or spoiled by experiments and the like, but extra care should be taken while working in here and the space should primarily be used for research and small experimentation.
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Sick Bay
( to be utilized as a Toxicology and Analysis Laboratory )
Sick Bay is definitely a sick and twisted place. While the room had been used as the main medical center at the academy, the jars of preserved animals and organs covering one of the counters sure leaves that creepy muggle horror movie feeling. While the luxuries found in the Toxicology and Analysis Lab are absent here, the equipment in the room should be usable once cleaned up and repairs administered.
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Gymnasium
( to be utilized as a training facility )
The remains of what once must have been a basketball court can just barely be seen under all the rubble and garbage that covers the floor. At one end of the gymnasium, the backboard hangs by nothing more than a thin wire from the ceiling while at the other end the net has disintegrated entirely, leaving nothing but the rim and backboard. Most of the windows are broken, but hey, at least there is a wide open space to use for training and and whatever spellwork and experimentation employees may need to do.
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Swimming Pool
( to be utilized as a training facility )
While the prospect of having a swimming pool may have seemed like a great thing at first, the water looks more like a breeding ground for mosquitoes and parasites and not somewhere that anyone in their right mind would ever want to canon ball into. The surrounding area is equally as charming, but nothing a little elbow grease and spellwork can't fix!
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*location is based off of the abandoned naval school HMS Royal Arthur