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.
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.
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.
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.
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.).
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.
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
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.,
@@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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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).
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.
@@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.
