Records show Wake, Durham schools skipping mandated fire drills
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@willscottsmith8360 Жыл бұрын
Good! Honestly, fire drills are torture for some kids. Not necessarily because of the loudness of the alarm, but the anxiety caused by the anticipation of the alarm. It’s like knowing something is about to explode, but not knowing when. It’s horrible, and it’s makes concentrating on your work impossible.
@broadwaymike92 Жыл бұрын
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.
@landonlefevre516711 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@dale423128 күн бұрын
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”.
@gavinproduction74333 жыл бұрын
I hate fire alarms so I wouldn't care if they missed them!!!
@arcadewarriors7128 Жыл бұрын
Same fire drills are useless it’s common sense
@laceybarbee555311 ай бұрын
Same!
@JerseyRailfanProductions5 ай бұрын
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
@placeholder20437 жыл бұрын
Why were the teachers saying "Fingers out of your nose kids.”
@pnmawvr777railfanarchived86 жыл бұрын
Daniella Spookiez LOL
@ImRyanP37563 жыл бұрын
To prevent the spread of COVID
@FireBladeStudios3 жыл бұрын
True
@FireBladeStudios10 ай бұрын
Here in my school we usually do some fire drills and some evacuation drills.
@garykaplan7728 Жыл бұрын
Here in Minnesota schools are required to have nine fire drills per school year, however because of winter, schools would do 4 to 5 drills in the fall and 4 to 5 drills in the spring. That way we didn’t have to go outside in 2 feet of snow an -20 f during the winter. Typically there would be no fire drills from November through mid March.
@richardraffanello375911 ай бұрын
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.
@dragonexpert83236 ай бұрын
@@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.
@thegameshowgeek5 жыл бұрын
The thing is about inclement weather, it can happen year round. I say do drills rain or shine, because emergencies happen rain or shine
@MrTylerNicole15 жыл бұрын
But people would not want to be wet outside just for a drill.
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
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.
@midnightclubshow43323 жыл бұрын
my school skipped one for October 2020 because of the COVID
@katiekennedy92143 жыл бұрын
Mine did too
@broadwaymike92 Жыл бұрын
In New Jersey, we are required to do them twice a month.
@andrews40062 ай бұрын
wow, why twice??
@ZakWolf6 жыл бұрын
If it's showing more than one school's fire alarms going off, then that school district must be keen on using Simplex alarm systems. (The image seen at 2:41 appears to be a stock photo, given how the fire alarm company logo on that BG-12SL pull station is censored.).
@FireAlarmDude59675 жыл бұрын
wileyk209zback That’s actually a BG-12S, since it has a key lock.
@boydalexander46523 жыл бұрын
The good news is that my school in my state has not skipped a single drill unless it was closed.
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
My school does a fire drill every month
@MrTylerNicole13 жыл бұрын
In Maryland, they used to require fire drills every month. Now it’s once a quarter.
@sus-it5tr2 жыл бұрын
My elementary school barely did it. One year in they did it 1 time and once in 5. Second grade maybe a few.
@rushingthrills60215 жыл бұрын
Idk how you skip fire drills, it's best drill ever like tf
@chickennuggetcat54813 жыл бұрын
I like tornado drills
@awesometron78662 жыл бұрын
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.
@islandblader7 жыл бұрын
Fire drills to kids are like social hour and time to gossip about who's going to ask who out and who's going to fight who.
@matthewgregory82186 жыл бұрын
islandblader or talking about how amazing true alerts are
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewgregory8218 right. Even though they’re so loud. And I would know because my school has simplex truealerts.
@matthewgregory82183 жыл бұрын
@@Oof-zl6lt hears those before at my work true Alerts and Spector alerts are probably the loudest
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
@@matthewgregory8218 oh yes. In fact, one of the outdoor alarms at my school is a spectralert advance. The other is a potter bell.
@DylanLTindall5 жыл бұрын
Florida has a law like this as well
@MsMuskOxen6 жыл бұрын
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.,
@tucsonemergencyresponse26852 жыл бұрын
That’s not how you evacuate 300 plus students quick in a large building.
@MsMuskOxen2 жыл бұрын
@@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.,
@tucsonemergencyresponse26852 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@ConrailGeep3 жыл бұрын
my school only does them like 4 times a year
@rushingthrills60216 жыл бұрын
Principal it's this easy DO THE DAMN DRILLS
@itzbryceodell6 жыл бұрын
I used to go to school in Wake County and we used to do fire drills once a month. This is crazy!
@pnmawvr777railfanarchived85 жыл бұрын
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.
@drhaydenwho48775 жыл бұрын
w hate the fire alarm tho but only the first buzz is scary
@gamestar12994 жыл бұрын
Agree
@tucsonemergencyresponse26852 жыл бұрын
What alarms do y’all use?
@holidaytracker5 жыл бұрын
This is pretty normal. Connecticut law is the same but all except one school I attended never did a fire drill a month. Usually there would only be only 1 or 2 mostly at the beginning of the year
@MrTylerNicole15 жыл бұрын
We only had like five drills at my school. And Maryland has the same law.
@GhostlyPlayz944 жыл бұрын
We did ares in Rain,Snow,Shine even if it's cold outside.
@wendywitt76204 жыл бұрын
At are school if they skip a fire drill one month then they do 2 fire drills the next month
@matthewgregory82183 жыл бұрын
Alarms in every building should be tested once a month
@KaiBannon6 жыл бұрын
In my middle school. We would only have 1 fire drill per trimester.
@any123-og6 жыл бұрын
We have had 2 fire drills
@any123-og6 жыл бұрын
Since Aug 15
@any123-og6 жыл бұрын
2017
@matthewgregory82187 жыл бұрын
My work has those fire alarms they sound nice
@Paulywint7 жыл бұрын
When I was in grade school we had fire drills frequently but not every month
@michaelhorny47415 жыл бұрын
In North Carolina you have to do one once a month
@FireBladeStudios3 жыл бұрын
I do it IN 10 Months in a year
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelhorny4741 at my school in Florida has fire drills once a month
@richardraffanello375911 ай бұрын
Most schools, if not all are on a monthly basis while some only do it on a quarterly basis.
@Paulywint11 ай бұрын
@@richardraffanello3759 I think it is up to the principal or vice principal of the school how often they should have fire drills.
@MrTylerNicole15 жыл бұрын
Same here. We’ve only had two fire drills all year, and my school in Maryland is required to have one each month. When I asked about it, they couldn’t seem to answer me. Isn’t this required by NFPA?
@gavinproduction74333 жыл бұрын
You are a Karen in training my friend.
@GhostlyPlayz942 жыл бұрын
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.
@AlexWuky5 жыл бұрын
My school only skips when the weather is bad, for example cold weather.
@MrTylerNicole14 жыл бұрын
Yes. Those are reasonable exceptions. It’s when they make a habit out of it that becomes a problem.
@sarahspindler2914 Жыл бұрын
If they need to do a drill once a month, maybe they should aim for the first school day of each month and reschedule for the soonest day possible during inclement weather.
@MrTylerNicole16 ай бұрын
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.
@sarahspindler29146 ай бұрын
@@MrTylerNicole1 good point
@lorirodriguez23882 жыл бұрын
My day program does it ounce a month but also my group home does it ounce a month to but we didn't do December but my group home is supposed to have one soon for January
@Caryfirebuff3 жыл бұрын
i wonder why wake county has their fire alarm hooked up to innercoms and i go to a wake county school
@ncaviationfilms Жыл бұрын
Same
@firealarms1790 Жыл бұрын
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
@laceybarbee555311 ай бұрын
I hate fire drills! Those fire alarms are hell on my ears. I have heightened hearing due to autism.
@davidredpath47817 жыл бұрын
You should not have students pulling the fire alarm its against the law. It should be done by authorized personnel ONLY! Im a fire alarm enthusiast and all schools should be doing fire drills every month. God for bid the real things happens and you don't practice, thats on you. A restaurant near me just burned down the other night. (May 7 2017).
@FlameMaster-ib3ej7 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry to hear that
@davidredpath47817 жыл бұрын
There's nothing I could've done. But that's just shows that fire drills are 100% necessary.
@FlameMaster-ib3ej7 жыл бұрын
I'll admit there are times were fire drills can piss me off, but you absolutly right
@davidredpath47817 жыл бұрын
I understand.
@pilotboeing75797 жыл бұрын
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.
@ooka77056 жыл бұрын
0:22 that strobe needs to be replaced
@pnmawvr777railfanarchived85 жыл бұрын
My High School Fire Alarm System has the Simplex TrueAlerts and the Wheelock MT-24MCWS
@familyyerges62784 жыл бұрын
0:19 fingers out of your nose kids
@mcflurry20612 жыл бұрын
my school who only does one
@Thunderbolt_1000T Жыл бұрын
0:21 sus fire alarm
@kittyfan_22202 жыл бұрын
0:14
@matthewgregory82186 жыл бұрын
And have the true alerts in synk
@Alexthebro2656 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure its happening at my school.
@MrTylerNicole14 жыл бұрын
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.
@shanharris24655 жыл бұрын
Shanice Harris
@kayganjames42144 жыл бұрын
Hi Siri
@lolx3t5174 жыл бұрын
Simplex crusaders and wheelock.Mr simplex t bar and simplex life alarm slow whoop
@javachip96126 жыл бұрын
Skipping fire drills is a bad idea because if there is a fire and your skipping those drills how are you going to react. DO YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
@Oof-zl6lt3 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@arcadewarriors7128 Жыл бұрын
Most people know what to do it’s useless
@itiswellyoel9083 Жыл бұрын
f123
@shannongreenwell12787 жыл бұрын
Skipping them is NOT good!!
@arcadewarriors71282 жыл бұрын
I could care less
@arcadewarriors71282 жыл бұрын
Just one or two a year is good enough
@shannongreenwell12782 жыл бұрын
@@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!
@shannongreenwell12782 жыл бұрын
@@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.