evacuation drill
Practice emergency exit
An evacuation drill is a practice exercise where people rehearse leaving a building or area in response to an emergency.
Schools, workplaces, and public buildings conduct these drills to prepare for fires, earthquakes, or other hazards: The evacuation drill took ten minutes from alarm to assembly.
Also called a fire drill when simulating that specific emergency.
- fireCombustion with flames
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- alarm bellsSignals of impending trouble
- emergency exitUrgent departure route
- exitWay to leave
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