Fire Alarms

The fire alarm only goes off at 2 in the morning (actually, that is newton's fifth law of motion).  Now there is a very good chance that you will be involved in the early morning shenanigans that resulted in a ping pong ball being accidentally exploded with a lighter that ended up setting the fire alarm off, but if you weren't then you will probably be asleep when the alarm goes off.

In order to survive such evacuation scenarios, follow these steps before leaving your room:
1) Feel the floor with your hand.  If it is hot or if you hear screaming, skip to the last step regardless of your current condition.
2) Assuming that there is no obvious danger other than the alarm going off, get out of bed and make sure that you are wearing pants and a shirt.
3) Put on some shoes that aren't slippers and that are waterproof (because this is Washington (well, it's Washington here anyway) and it is probably raining outside.
4) Grab the nearest jacket.
5) Make sure you have your emergency deck of cards so that you won't be bored standing in the rain for 40 minutes while the firemen make sure that the only reason for the fire was idiocy and that there isn't some kind of mythical secondary fire that will kill everyone the instant you enter the building.  Similarly, if you have a car you can grab your keys and drive to McDonald's while they sort everything out (make sure you also have your license and wallet).
6) Take your keys with you because you will need to get back into the building at some point.
7) Leave your room and follow the screaming hoards down the stairs and out the fire exit.  Do try to scream in harmony with the fire alarm as you flee in an orderly fashion - it is too early in the morning for excessive dissonance.  Watch out for ROUSes

Good job!  Now you are all set to survive this minor emergency without being cold and/or barefoot in the rain or getting bored waiting for the RD to get his act together.