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The Fire Drill occurs twice a year; one time it is announced in advance to all students, the other time is a "secret" which only the staff know about. However, it always occurs ten minutes into a lesson, and a tell-tale sign is the fact the teacher will ramble on about something irrelevant for far longer than usual to bide time.

Once the fire alarm sounds, students proceed to the [[Astroturf]] where registers are taken and people are shouted at through an ineffective megaphone. The previous procedure was that [[Year 7|years 7]]-[[Year 11|11]] lined up on the courts, in close proximity to the potentially burning building.

It is rare that the fire alarm is set off by a real fire. One occasion involved [[John Ashton|someone]] burning down [[Room 7]] in 1998 after a rather vigorous thermite reaction. Another occurred when a heater in the [[Food Technology]] [[Room 40|room]] starting smoking a bit. Both resulted in 137 fire engines appearing within six minutes, in accordance with government overreaction policy.

In 2009, a fire drill was held on the second or third day of term, at lunch time, which led to many [[Year 10]]s running around screaming "We're all going to die!!!" and consequently startling many [[Year 7]]s who were wondering if it was the end of the world.

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