English-Italian translations for fire drill

• esercitazione antincendio
  Nel corso della tornata appena iniziata si svolgerà un'esercitazione antincendio, senza preavviso. During the part-session which has just been opened, there will be a fire drill, with no prior warning.
  L'esercitazione antincendio ha fatto sì che l'importante discussione odierna sia in un certo senso divenuta una vittima non designata dell'esigenza di accrescere la sicurezza del Parlamento. The fire drill has meant that this important debate is in a sense an inadvertent victim of the importance of enhancing our parliamentary security.
  Non sapevo comunque che le parole del Commissario Lamy potessero infiammare così tanto il Parlamento da dover organizzare un' esercitazione antincendio per poter riuscire ad ascoltarle. We must thank him for this also; of course I was not to know that his message is so explosive that a fire drill would have to be arranged during it.

Definition of fire drill

• An organized 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
• A fire-starting tool consisting of a wooden rod and some primitive means of rapidly rotating the rod on a flat surface like a drill until tinder can be ignited

Examples

• Our teacher said that will have a fire drill today.
• Since theyve changed the standards again, our previous efforts now just amount to a fire drill.

Related words

• fire hydrant
• Fire Dragon
• Chinese fire drill
• drumfire
• firedrake
• firedragon
• dry chemical fire extinguisher
• a burnt child dreads the fire
• the burnt child dreads the fire