Definitions for fire drill
fire drill

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fire drillnoun

   an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fire drillnoun

   An organised practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.

2. fire drillnoun

   any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity (sometimes Chinese fire drill, but this usage is becoming outmoded in an age of political correctness)

3. fire drillnoun

   any chaotic, unexpected activity. (With the dropping of Chinese the phrase has also often lost its pejorative meaning of pointless and unproductive. In this way, fire drill is often used in the same idiomatic way putting out fires or fire fighting is used.)

4. fire drillnoun

   A rod which is rotated on a flat surface like a drill until it is hot enough to start a fire.

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1. Fire drill

   A fire drill is a method of practicing how a building would be evacuated in the event of a fire or other emergencies. In most cases, the building's existing fire alarm system is activated and the building is evacuated by means of the nearest available exit as if an emergency had actually occurred. Fire drill procedures may vary depending on the building type, such as hospitals or high rise buildings, where occupants may be relocated within the building as opposed to evacuating the building. Generally, the evacuation is timed to ensure that it is fast enough, and problems with the emergency system or evacuation procedures are identified to be remedied. In addition to fire drills, most buildings have their fire alarm systems checked on a regular basis to ensure that the system is working. Fire alarm tests are often done outside normal business hours so as to minimize disruption of building functions; in schools, they are often done when students and staff are not around or during the holidays where specialist fire alarm engineers test alarms in the building for repair if needed.

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1. Fire drill

   A fire drill is a method of practicing the evacuation of a building for a fire or other emergency. Generally, the emergency system sounds and the building is evacuated as though a real fire had occurred. Usually, the time it takes to evacuate is measured to ensure that it occurs within a reasonable length of time, and problems with the emergency system or evacuation procedures are identified to be remedied.

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How to pronounce fire drill?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

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How to say fire drill in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fire drill in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fire drill in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of fire drill in a Sentence

1. Lavinia Johnson:

   We thought it was a fire drill, we started to exit. ... We were told to go back into the building.

2. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy:

   The withdrawal in Afghanistan looked like a ferret fire drill!

3. Dakota Shrader:

   I was in the history hallway, and as soon as we heard the alarms, everybody just started leaving following the same procedure as...( a) practice fire drill, and next thing you know, we just hear... three gunshots, loud explosions, and all the teachers are telling us to run.

4. Halvor Molland:

   Even if we have a fire drill and we use diesel to set a small fire we have to calculate the amounts, these are chemical reactions so we know that if you set fire to one liter of diesel you know how much carbon will come out.

5. High School student Dakota Shrader:

   I was in the history hallway, and as soon as we heard the alarms, everybody just started leaving, following the same procedure as...( a) practice fire drill, and next thing you know, we just hear... three gunshots, loud explosions, and all the teachers are telling us to run.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fire drill
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fire_Drill
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Drill
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fire drill