Antonio 0 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 After receiving one months prior notice of today's fire drill, we've just had the 15 minute warning and the 5 minute warning. Gentleman, start your engines. We're all off to "practice walking down stairs" again. Is there any bigger waste of time in Japan? Although i have heard there is a smoke box and a display by the local fire station, so there's something to look forward to. In all seriousness, back in Oz our company took these things very seriously. I work in the mining industry where everyone's sense of safety is trained to always be on high alert. It really upsets me that the whole fire drill exercise in Japan is designed to simply meet the statutory requirements rather than educating anybody about fire prevention or building evacuation. Most people in our office have no clue where the fire extinguishers are or even the evacuation stairs.....they just follow the sheep. I could go on but this just annoys me too much....and anyway, its time to put on my silly red hat and white gloves, pick up my packet of biscuits and my bottle of water (really, is there anything more ridiculous?), and walk down the stairs. Bye. Link to post Share on other sites
Karnidge 2 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 Tell us if you learnt any important new stair walking techniques or not when you get back, ok? Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted April 24, 2003 Author Share Posted April 24, 2003 No, but i had a good laugh walking through the "smoke room" which was a plastic tarpaulin filled with the kind of smoke you get at a nightclub. I'm still not quite sure why you need to eperience what smoke is like??? As usual i took too much glee in pointing out to the buchous that none of them even know where the fire extinguishers are in the office and now i've made myself unpopular again. Better than being dead. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 They should try mixing some of that smoke with the rather more acrid and inhospitable kind that comes from burning nylon carpet and melted computer equipment. Then practice going downstairs on your hands and knees sucking at the breathable air only found just above the level of the stairs themselves. (I wanted to try out the jib and rope affair for getting down from the top floor - "That's right bucho, this harness goes around your neck, so, and then we swing you out over the parapet. We'll make sure you stop before you hit the ground. Don't worry if you swing a bit.") Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 They warned us about ours for a while as well. I forgot and missed it when I was upstairs having a smoke. When I was in the Army we did NBC training in a gas tent, like Antonio Nightclub, except nasty. We had to remove our gas mask to experience the 'real thing'. I must say I was floored for 30 minutes after that in lung and eyeball pain. Can't remember what the gas was. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 24, 2003 Share Posted April 24, 2003 CS perhaps? That's the favourite for that game. We used to have to practice attacks involving running wearing gas masks. I always had the bottom rim of mine balanced on my chin so that I could breath the gas (air in this case) that I find necessary when running. Otherwise I would have surely died. I resolved that if I was ever required to attack somewhere where there was gas, I'd shoot the bastards from a distance, then amble up slowly. Link to post Share on other sites
Shatterhand 0 Posted April 25, 2003 Share Posted April 25, 2003 That sounds like a whole lot of fun - sounds like it breaks up the day anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 We have a fire drill four times a year. I think it has something to do with the seasons. Japan has 4 of them, you know. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 The only time we use the stairs is when the bimonthly elevator repairman comes to check the lift. Most of the escape routes out of my building are blocked. It is a fire trap. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted April 26, 2003 Share Posted April 26, 2003 Ahh good ole fire drills. I loved them when i was at primary school and high school. It was great for a bludge. Much better to be outside in the 'safe area' in the sun than inside in a classroom doing school work! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 I always hated the way the fire drill took us away from our important studying. I never understood why the guys didn't like me. I mean, we were there to learn, right?! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 28, 2003 Share Posted April 28, 2003 Yeah it sucks when someone interrupts study. Link to post Share on other sites
slimeypete 0 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 We have a fire drill in our building once a month it seems. It's a bit over the top, especially when it takes about 15 minutes and causes a lot of hassle. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted May 3, 2003 Share Posted May 3, 2003 Once a month...that sounds like its going a bit far! Every month the same? Link to post Share on other sites
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