diff --git a/code/modules/events/camera_failure.dm b/code/modules/events/camera_failure.dm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..458e0aaad46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/modules/events/camera_failure.dm
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/datum/event/camera_failure/start()
+	var/failed_cameras
+	var/failure_limit = rand(1, 3)
+	for(var/obj/machinery/camera/C in shuffle(GLOB.cameranet.cameras))
+		if(!("SS13" in C.network) || C.start_active) // We dont want protected cameras to be affected
+			continue
+		if(!C.status)
+			continue
+		C.toggle_cam(null, FALSE)
+		failed_cameras++
+		if(failed_cameras >= failure_limit)
+			return
diff --git a/code/modules/events/event_container.dm b/code/modules/events/event_container.dm
index b089714e940..d6d5d78f197 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/event_container.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/event_container.dm
@@ -140,8 +140,9 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(event_last_fired)
 		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Sentience",			/datum/event/sentience,			50),
 		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Wallrot",			/datum/event/wallrot, 			0,		list(ASSIGNMENT_ENGINEER = 30, ASSIGNMENT_GARDENER = 50)),
 		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Koi School",		/datum/event/carp_migration/koi,		80),
+		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Camera Failure",	/datum/event/camera_failure,		100, list(ASSIGNMENT_ENGINEER = 10),
 		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Fake Virus",		/datum/event/fake_virus,		50),
-		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Disease Outbreak",	/datum/event/disease_outbreak, 			50,		list(ASSIGNMENT_MEDICAL = 25), TRUE)
+		new /datum/event_meta(EVENT_LEVEL_MUNDANE, "Disease Outbreak",	/datum/event/disease_outbreak, 			50,		list(ASSIGNMENT_MEDICAL = 25), TRUE))
 	)
 
 /datum/event_container/moderate
diff --git a/paradise.dme b/paradise.dme
index efdb38dcc4c..c7f812030de 100644
--- a/paradise.dme
+++ b/paradise.dme
@@ -1602,6 +1602,7 @@
 #include "code\modules\events\apc_short.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\blob_spawn.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\brand_intelligence.dm"
+#include "code\modules\events\camera_failure.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\carp_migration.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\communications_blackout.dm"
 #include "code\modules\events\disease_outbreak.dm"