preparedness drills
Practice for disasters
Preparedness drills are organized practice sessions for responding to emergencies—fire drills, earthquake drills, active shooter drills.
Schools, workplaces, and institutions run them regularly so people know evacuation routes and safety procedures before a real crisis: The monthly preparedness drill had everyone outside in under three minutes.
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency planPrearranged crisis response procedure
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- emergency exitUrgent departure route
- fireCombustion with flames
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Lacking readiness beforehand
negligence · complacency · unreadiness · disorganization · chaos
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