fire drill

Definition

An organized practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.

Example Sentences

• "Our teacher said that will have a fire drill today."
• "Since they've changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill."
• "There is no machine on earth so potent, yet so simple and elegant, as the two sticks of the Native American fire drill;"