What is the primary purpose of a fire drill in a healthcare facility?

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To ensure all staff and patients know evacuation procedures and can execute them efficiently. The primary purpose of fire drills is to ensure that all staff and patients understand evacuation procedures and can execute them quickly and safely in a real emergency. Drills are serious safety exercises. Testing alarm systems is secondary. Drills are not for entertainment. Moving patients between units is not the focus of fire safety drills.