Fire safety and emergency escape has always part of safety education provided by HSXJTU. To ensure a safe campus and students’ awareness of protection, HXJTU carried out a fire drill on the afternoons of Nov. 4 and 5 in teaching area and dorm respectively. Principal Wang, Vice Principal Song and Vice Principal Liu directed the drill. Related heads from other affiliated schools observed this drill.

The drill consisted of two sessions. In the first session, faculty and students received training on issues such as the importance of drill, arrangement, procedure keys and self-protection. The second session is field drill in which faculty were supposed to reach assigned position on alarm and the setoff of smoke to facilitate the quick excavation of students from teaching building and dormitory. Staff in dorm should take students masked with handkerchief and towel downstairs and reach safety zone in order. After this session, monitors from each class shall call on each member and report no missing to directors.

After this drill, Vice Principal Song made a conclusion, ‘safety is one of our focuses and by this drill, we hope to build up awareness of safety and enhance our ability in handling with emergency.’