0 the set of actions that should be performed in order to safely leave a building, such as an office, factory, or school, when it is on fire, or an occasion when this is practised --
1 an occasion when people practice what they must do to leave a burning building safely --
2 a situation in which people practise what they must do in order to leave a building safely if there is a fire: --
Inspectors found shortcomings in fire drills and the testing of alarms and extinguishers.
I wondered which was the greatest risk—fire or a call to fire drill.
But all custodian staff, including four trained firemen, undertake fire drill each week.
There was in the factory a number of women, transport workers, who had been given a certain amount of training in fire drill.
This type of vessel is required to carry out a fire drill once a week.
Fire drill is important in an office where the same people are working day in and day out.
I attached the greatest importance to regular fire drill in schools and colleges.
The fire drill has meant that this important debate is in a sense an inadvertent victim of the importance of enhancing our parliamentary security.
It could have occurred before because there was no system to train staff in fire drill or evacuation procedures.
