disaster drill
Simulated crisis response
A disaster drill is a practice exercise simulating an emergency—fire, earthquake, active shooter, or other crisis—to test preparedness and train participants in response procedures.
Schools conduct fire drills; hospitals run mass casualty drills.
The goal is making correct responses automatic before a real disaster strikes: The building was evacuated in under three minutes during the disaster drill.
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- emergency exitUrgent departure route
- preparednessState of being equipped
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- emergency preparednessemergency kit, evacuation plan, emergency plan, emergency alerts, emergency supplies
- drillsbuilding evacuation, duck and cover, shelter in place, alarm test, civil defense
- Simulationscomputer simulation, virtual reality, flight simulator, VR, fluid dynamics
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
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