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What is a fire drill?

What is a fire drill? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.
  2. (idiomatic, US) Any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity.
  3. A fire starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and an some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited.
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Since we have so many people in the house, Tommy and Kim have to do a fire drill at least every month and send a report to the agency about how we did.
Some institutions consider this so serious that staff members may be suspended if they ignore their duties during a fire drill.
You students are in high school and should know what to do when a fire drill happens.
If you had planned and practiced a home fire drill, you will know exactly what to do, almost automatically, to quickly and safely get out from a burning house.
A mock fire drill was central to the plan and was scheduled one week after the in-service program.
Another way to identify problems that might occur during an evacuation is to perform a fire drill using only emergency lighting.

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