Example sentences for: evacuate

How can you use “evacuate” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some officers positioned themselves at the top of a flight of stairs by 5WTC that led down into the concourse, going into the concourse when necessary to evacuate injured or disoriented civilians.

  • Some civilians remained on affected floors, and at least one ascended from a lower point into the impact zone, to help evacuate colleagues or assist the injured.

  • However, another firefighter reports that ESU officers ran past him without advising him to evacuate.

  • Although the guidance to stay in place may seem understandable in cases of conventional high-rise fires, FDNY chiefs in the North Tower lobby determined at once that all building occupants should attempt to evacuate immediately.

  • Based on more than 100 interviews we conducted and our review of 500 internal FDNY interview transcripts, we conclude that out of these 32 companies, all on-duty members of 19 companies are likely to have known to evacuate (Engine Companies 1, 4, 7, 9, 15, 16, 21, 24, 28, 33, 39, and 65; Ladder Companies 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 110; and Rescue 1).


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