safety drill
Precautionary evacuation rehearsal
A safety drill is a practice exercise preparing people for emergencies—fire drills, earthquake drills, active shooter drills.
Schools and workplaces conduct them regularly so responses become automatic: The monthly safety drill interrupted third period.
The goal is making evacuation routes and procedures familiar before a real emergency occurs.
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- fireCombustion with flames
- stop drop rollFire emergency maneuver
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
procedure · duck and cover · escape · escape route · emergency exit · exit · assembly · assembly point · roll call · whistle · bell · tornado · lockdown · rehearsal · shelter · route · earthquake · warning
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- preventive measuresvaccination, backup plan, insurance, screening, firewall
- safety equipmentlife jacket, lifeboat, smoke alarms, smoke alarm, life raft
- safety measureshandwashing, backup plan, fire prevention, escape route, home security
safety drillemergency
Serious sudden danger
disaster · catastrophe · crisis · calamity · emergency situation
safety drillsurprise attack
Unanticipated offensive strike
ambush · caught off guard · chaos · panic · unpreparedness
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