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  2. Fire drill - Wikipedia

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    A group of students at James Madison University evacuate their dorm rooms in response to a fire drill. The purpose of fire drills in buildings is to ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely as quickly as possible if a fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, or other emergency occurs, and to familiarize building occupants with the sound of the fire alarm.

  3. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.

  4. Safety drill - Wikipedia

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    School Safety Preparedness Drill (SSPD) is an annual earthquake preparedness drill being organised in schools of North and North Eastern states of India commemorating 4 April 1905 Kangra earthquake. Two non-governmental organisations, GeoHazards Society (GHS) and GeoHazards International (GHI), have been working for earthquake safety in South ...

  5. Hospitals Don't Burn Down! - Wikipedia

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    We staged a fire, cutting a multi-story hospital in half, bursting from the laundry chute out onto one floor. And the film was designed to have a whole series of lessons to be learned in a lecture afterwards. There were alarming incidents of smoking-related fires in their hospitals. It actually became a fire-safety film worldwide.

  6. $13M settlement proposed after unannounced active intruder ...

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    Employees and parents of children at a former youth psychiatric hospital who sued after an unannounced active intruder drill before Christmas 2022 have reached a proposed settlement agreement with ...

  7. Category:Hospital fires - Wikipedia

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  8. St. Anthony's Hospital fire - Wikipedia

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    St. Anthony's Hospital fire was a disaster that occurred on April 4, 1949 [1] in Effingham, Illinois. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital. The disaster killed 74 people at the hospital. It is used as a prime example of possible fire hazards hospitals could and can have. [ 2 ]

  9. Firematic Racing - Wikipedia

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    Firematic racing (or Drill Team racing) is a proprietary name for a type of recreational competition among the firefighter teams involving timed completion of tasks related to or simulating common firefighting activities. The sport under its present name is most popular on Long Island, and other parts of New York State, although similar types ...