Now, The Real Fire Drill

Last week we had a fire on the 5th floor which was confined to a file room, but we all evacuated the building thinking it was a drill. We had been told there would be a fire drill soon, so we thought that was it. Now, today we have the real (?) fire drill. We all exited the building in a very orderly manner, because just last week we sort of practiced. One hint that it was a drill was there the lobby was full of firefighters when we came down from one floor up. The Fire Department is fast, but not that fast. Like in many places the firefighters are also EMTs, so I figured they were there in case one of us overweight, underactive, bloated government employees passed out in the stairs on the way down. Just imagine trying to evacuate a building full of bureaucrats! Bring out the oxygen mask, Reginald.