Amen!!! I totally agree. It used to get me every time when The Principal would announce the fire drill is coming and that anticipation. When I was in High School, several alarms were actually inside the classroom which made it so uncomfortable for me. Make you jump out.

Thank you!

Totally! Here in Iowa we only do 2 of each drill a semester (4 a year for each type), and in my district we have a drill calendar sent out to students and parents at the beginning of each year. The drills are also announced before the alarms are sounded. They always end with “thank you for your attention, and we will begin the drill in about 15 seconds”.

Same fire drills are useless it’s common sense

Same!

Bro why are they even a thing we know what to do if there’s a fire we ain’t baby’s just do them for like pre schoolers or something

Daniella Spookiez LOL

To prevent the spread of COVID

True

They have to be done once a month regardless as per Department of Education guidelines, so when I went to school, during the winter months, they would just see what day the weather isn’t really too cold and do it when it’s warmer.

@@richardraffanello3759 I'm from Minnesota and when I was growing up fire drills were either in the fall or in the spring. The only time they would go off in January or February is if there was a false alarm. Maybe rules were different back then though.

But people would not want to be wet outside just for a drill.

My school doesn’t do fire drills when it’s raining. And even if it was an emergency, we would still know what to do. Including when it’s raining.

Mine did too

wow, why twice??

wileyk209zback That’s actually a BG-12S, since it has a key lock.

In Maryland, they used to require fire drills every month. Now it’s once a quarter.

I like tornado drills

Why? Drill suck! I get that they for our safety they are kind of demeaning. But staff are rude during drills! And they treat us like we're idiots.

islandblader or talking about how amazing true alerts are

@@matthewgregory8218 right. Even though they’re so loud. And I would know because my school has simplex truealerts.

@@Oof-zl6lt hears those before at my work true Alerts and Spector alerts are probably the loudest

@@matthewgregory8218 oh yes. In fact, one of the outdoor alarms at my school is a spectralert advance. The other is a potter bell.

That’s not how you evacuate 300 plus students quick in a large building.

@@tucsonemergencyresponse2685 if the only goal is to do them once month, there's no use of doing them, as the practice is wrong, during a drill, people should drop to the ground, open the door slowly then at home, if a fire breaks out and a kid runs out of their bedroom and becomes trapped because that's what they been told at school?. may i sugust doing them once a month, as that is in portent but clearly stating "at home, in a real fire, feel the door, if its hot, do not open it, clearly, schools need to do them once a month.,

@@MsMuskOxen Wow, You don’t understand, it is the parents job to teach home fire escape, but if everyone drops down low, and goes slow, a evacuation would be slow, which is very dangerous in a real emergency. My school had a fire, using or fire drill plan, we were able to quickly evacuate safely.

My High School (Athens Drive Magnet High School) has the Simplex TrueAlerts and the Wheelock MT-24MCWs and for me I caused the incidents during Fire Drills.

Agree

What alarms do y’all use?

We only had like five drills at my school. And Maryland has the same law.

We have had 2 fire drills

Since Aug 15

2017

In North Carolina you have to do one once a month

I do it IN 10 Months in a year

@@michaelhorny4741 at my school in Florida has fire drills once a month

Most schools, if not all are on a monthly basis while some only do it on a quarterly basis.

@@richardraffanello3759 I think it is up to the principal or vice principal of the school how often they should have fire drills.

You are a Karen in training my friend.

Yes, it is required by the NFPA to do a drill each month no matter if its cold snow rain or shine. That's a violation to not do them every month. Your school could get into serious trouble. But yes it's required to do them once a month.

Yes. Those are reasonable exceptions. It’s when they make a habit out of it that becomes a problem.

That’s actually not a dumb idea, but it does run the risk of taking away the surprise. Even if it weren’t announced over the intercom, the pattern would be quickly noticeable. Part of the purpose of a drill is to test the occupants’ response to a real fire, which happens randomly and cannot be predicted. The idea is to drill at completely random times on different days so people know to treat every alarm as a real fire. Not saying your idea doesn’t sound bad, but the scheduling should be random for the most effective drill.

@@MrTylerNicole1 good point

Same

i keep trying to find that sound effect on the intercom because my old school has the high-low tone on the intercom and idk where to find it

I'm sorry to hear that

There's nothing I could've done. But that's just shows that fire drills are 100% necessary.

I'll admit there are times were fire drills can piss me off, but you absolutly right

I understand.

How come North Carolina only needs 10 fire drills a year? In New York where I live, it is required to have 14 a year. We have multiple drills a month over the very beginning and very end of the year being that it gets too cold in winter to go outside.

My High School Fire Alarm System has the Simplex TrueAlerts and the Wheelock MT-24MCWS

Yeah. We didn’t have monthly drills last year. I felt like complaining to the Fire Marshal but didn’t want to get in trouble if they thought I was trying to get in their business.

Exactly

Most people know what to do it’s useless

I could care less

Just one or two a year is good enough

@@arcadewarriors7128 I’m just looking at it from a point of view, I am a Grandchild of a Lieutenant Firefighter, and he has made me test the smoke detectors in my house even though they are electric with battery backup. That’s to 1) check to see if they’re still working and 2) to make sure we would know what to do if a fire broke out, if it’s in the gymnasium and we are in our classroom would we know about it? No , not unless you have a class close to the gymnasium!

@@arcadewarriors7128 I have Epilepsy and the strobing lights are a seizure trigger for me, but I would just have to find a way to safely walk with my class and keep from having a seizure at the same time, hence cover my eyes and buddy up with a classmate to guide me through the building to get out.