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fire drill

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fire drill
n.
An exercise in the use of firefighting equipment or the evacuation of a building in case of a fire.
fire drill
Noun
a rehearsal of procedures for escape from a fire
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Noun1.fire drill - an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
practice session, practice, drill, exercise, recitation - systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
Translations
Spanish fire drill n → (ejercicio de) simulacro de incendio
German fire drill fire n → Probealarm m
Italian fire drill n → esercitazione f antincendio
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school officials held a fire drill to get students out of the buildings and on to the football field.
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The EAPD must maintain records and log books related to Emergency Action Plan training drills just like the Fire Drills and other fire safety related logbooks are maintained by the FSD.
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Peter Maxwell, Head of Sixth Form, "mad Max" to his students and professional colleagues, finds the process both stressful and amusing, until one of the inspectors is murdered during an unannounced fire drill, stabbed with a BBQ skewer.
Maxwell's Inspection by Julian, Janet / Kliatt
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