The authors of the article make up the research team which draws attention to the issues of safety management in crisis situations. One of the elements of safety management is the implementation of § 17. 1 and 2 of the Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 7 June 2010 on fire protection of buildings, other building facilities and areas (OJ 2010 No. 109, item 719). The range of the regulation sets out the requirement to conduct practice evacuation drills. The research team drew attention to the provision which requires the directors of educational institutions to perform exercises on evacuation drills once a year. The article presents the results of surveys on a sample of 1,017 first-year students in the Podkarpackie Province who responded to questions regarding the participation in evacuation drills. The hypotheses of this article were confirmed by the data obtained from District (Urban) Commanders of the State Fire Service.