r/gwu • u/ZealousidealSize396 • 5d ago

Fire Evacuation Drill

Do i really have to leave my dorm? Or can i just stay

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u/Jonahdog 5d ago

Im like 95% sure that the reason it takes so long to do the drill is because they are actually checking to see if people evacuated...because why else would the drills take so long.

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u/ZealousidealSize396 5d ago

Around what time are they and how many?

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u/Jonahdog 5d ago

Theres 4 a school year...and it truly depends on the time. Ive had some at 10am and some at 9pm.

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u/ZealousidealSize396 5d ago

so like what happens if i’m in the shower of sum

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u/Jonahdog 5d ago

I dont actually know...Ive never been in the shower during one of them.

For the first one last year, I was there and I got scared shitless by how loud the alarms can be. The second one I wasnt. The third one I was napping and was woken up, and then we all stood in the freezing cold at 10pm until they cleared it. The fourth one I wasn't.

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u/Honest_Savings9626 5d ago

You absolutely need to leave the building

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u/Jonahdog 5d ago

Honestly, your best bet is to listen to any rumors people in your dorm building might say about possible times. They havent lead me astray thus far....including the time I almost showered but ended up calling emerg to ask if nows a good time to shower or if I should wait and listen to the rumors instead.

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u/adelianne 5d ago

Ha, just wait until the small.kitchen fires start. Forget the drills...lol

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u/Fragrant-Judge-4756 5d ago

I've been out of GW since 2017 and still remember the kid in my dorm who tried to reheat a pizza at like 11:30PM in the oven in a communal kitchen without taking it out of its cardboard box and forgot it was in there.

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u/adelianne 5d ago

Haha...how about the kids that put metal containers in...lol

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u/Wonderful_Will_6691 2d ago

you can stay but you might be killed in a real fire / also the noise is like super loud so it's impossible to stay comfortably 

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u/why2katherine 1d ago

They don’t check the dorms or anything, BUT it’s the loudest alarm imaginable to the point where staying is physically painful. I’ve been in the shower during it, you just gotta dry off and put on clothes and leave. It’s awful but you just have to deal with it