Originally Posted by
Krystal n chips
Tsk ! Tsk ! may I venture to suggest you are possibly being just a shade churlish here.
Shurely you must be aware of the ( several decades overdue, but, they got there in the end ) addition of that useful structure known as an external fire escape. ! .
Being incarcerated on the top floor, when not diligently studying, in our reflective moments we did consider as to how we could leave in a hurry as it were. The consensus was to head for the ablution block and thereafter...first available drain pipe.
One of our entry did put this proof of concept to the test one day.....albeit ascending rather than descending which didn't entirely meet with the managements approval at the time.
I recall one, and
only one, fire drill....where everybody happily trotted down the stairs
My block had fire external fire escapes. What larks we had going into the block to give the occupants an early start to the day by winding the fire bell. The lads all filed neatly down the stairs while the WRAF fled down the fire escape into the arms of the waiting discips!