fire drill

English - Turkish

Definition of fire drill in English Turkish dictionary

yangın tatbikatı

Dün bir yangın tatbikatı yaptık. - We had a fire drill yesterday.

Bugün bir yangın tatbikatı yaptığımızı duydum. - I hear we're having a fire drill today.

yangından kaçma talimi

fire drills

yangın tatbikatı

fire fighting drill

yangın söndürme tatbikatı

English - English

Definition of fire drill in English English dictionary: An organised practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire; any pointless, unproductive, useless, or chaotic activity (sometimes Chinese fire drill, but this usage is becoming outmoded in an age of political correctness)
Since they changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill.; any chaotic, unexpected activity. (With the dropping of Chinese the phrase has also often lost its pejorative meaning of pointless and unproductive. In this way, fire drill is often used in the same idiomatic way putting out fires or fire fighting is used.)
Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, I've been involved in a fire drill all afternoon.; A rod which is rotated on a flat surface like a drill until it is hot enough to start a fire; exercise conducted in order to test readiness for a fire; When there is a fire drill in a particular building, the people who work or live there practise what to do if there is a fire. An exercise in the use of firefighting equipment or the evacuation of a building in case of a fire. an occasion when people pretend that a building is burning and practise leaving it, so that they learn what to do if there is a real fire; an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire
Chinese fire drill: A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red-light; each passenger (including the driver) shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, taking a different seat
Chinese fire drill: A silly, pointless exercise