In Case of Fire...

A crowd of curious onlookers gathers at a safe distance in front of the main building. Muted whispers among the crowd.

Wispy smoke wafts from behind some columns near the main entrance. Someone must have set some mosquito coils on fire.

Cries for help coming from the rooftop. Crowd looks up. A guy up there is waving frantically and crying for help.

More whispers. Old Lady reaches into her handbag for her cellphone and takes a photo.

More cries. Then Guy disappears.

Sirens come wailing. Two fire engines arrive at the scene. Firemen rush down. One of them, presumably the captain, waves a Broken Radio Antenna (BRA), calling his men to action. His army of men rushes to him with a sense of urgency.

Get the hoses. Ready the suits. Retrieve the blue prints. Captain barks his orders.

Then comes the flag bearer. He secures a spot and begins setting up a pole for his flag.

Guy on the rooftop appears out of nowhere again, crying for help. Flag Bearer curses under his breath, "You can go to hell. Can't you see I'm busy setting up the flag?"

Guy disappears again.

Flag Bearer continues struggling with the flag. His buddy comes along to help Flag Bearer with the flag. Buddy and Flag Bearer struggles for another five minutes and eventually manages to set it up. "Ota-ku Fire Brigade," it reads in Japanese.

Guy yells again. Too bad because Flag Bearer and Buddy has another flag to set up. Let the others handle Guy.

Flag Bearer and Buddy gets better at their job now. This time they take four minutes to set up the second flag next to the makeshift table. "Headquarters," it says. Now it's time for action.

Three men gets into big clumsy suits loaned from Armageddon's movie props warehouse. They march into the building and moments later, come out with a couple of fire victims.

Old lady reaches for her cellphone again and takes more photos.

Guy appears again, this time on the other end of the rooftop. It occurs to Guy that the people down there can see him better on that end. Guy yells. Captain hears him. He points his BRA at Guy.

Another fire engine arrives. This one equipped with a hydraulic platform (HP). Without further ado, HP Fireman plays with the controls, directing the platform to the spot where Guy is. Soon, Guy and his buddies are rescued and brought to the ground. Crowd cheers.

It was actually a fire drill at our university, held yesterday. Funny drama with an important message: Never get trapped on the rooftop should there be a fire. But if you do, save your breath and pray hard instead.