Alabama fire drill log

Fire drills at least ONCE PER MONTH in all facilities, at varying times and days — and quarterly on each shift in Group and Congregate facilities. Drills must involve the ACTUAL EVACUATION of residents to assembly areas in adjacent smoke compartments or to the exterior, as specified in the emergency plan.

The building

Alabama requirements loaded — the rules below are Alabama’s own.

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How many shifts does this building run? *Alabama’s rule counts drills per shift, so this is the difference between “three drills done” and “all three shifts covered”. Saved to your facility, so nothing else asks again.

Alabama — Assisted Living Facility / Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility: Fire drills at least ONCE PER MONTH in all facilities, at varying times and days — and quarterly on each shift in Group and Congregate facilities. Drills must involve the ACTUAL EVACUATION of residents to assembly areas in adjacent smoke compartments or to the exterior, as specified in the emergency plan.Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-4-.11 (fire and safety); physical environment at 420-5-4-.12. Specialty care assisted living carries its own rule set. · Alabama Department of Public Health — Bureau of Health Provider Standards · checked Jul 2026Keep the record: Written observations of the effectiveness of the fire drill plan are assessed monthly, filed, and kept for at least 3 years.

Your target for the year

36 drills this year. 12 per shift × 3 shifts = 36 a year.

We assumed three shifts, since this licence is staffed around the clock. Change it below if that is wrong.

Worked out from Alabama Department of Public Health — Bureau of Health Provider Standards's rule as we have it recorded. Confirm it against your licence before you rely on it — then leave the box below empty and we will keep using this number.

Use a different number instead

0 of 36 logged, 36 to go.

The drills

One row per drill. Vary the time of day and the scenario — most states require it explicitly, and a log showing four drills all at 10am on a Tuesday is the first thing a surveyor notices.

DateTimeShiftAnnounced?

ScenarioClear / accounted (min)StaffResidents

What went wrongWhat was done about itConducted by

What Alabama requires

Assisted Living Facility / Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility — Assisted living / residential care

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-4-.11 (fire and safety); physical environment at 420-5-4-.12. Specialty care assisted living carries its own rule set. · Alabama Department of Public Health — Bureau of Health Provider Standards · Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-4-.11 · checked July 2026Keep the record: Written observations of the effectiveness of the fire drill plan are assessed monthly, filed, and kept for at least 3 years.

Filling it in so it survives a survey

Vary the time and the scenario between drills — most states require it in terms, and a log showing every drill at 10am on a Tuesday is the first thing an experienced surveyor picks out. Record what went wrong and the date it was fixed: a run of flawless drills reads as a log nobody actually ran, and the corrective action is the part that shows the drill was worth holding.

The plan behind the drills

A drill tests a plan. Everything Alabama requires of that plan — filing, prescribed forms, retention — sits alongside this, and the emergency plan builder writes it from the same research, so the two cannot disagree.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Alabama’s licensing agency and your authority having jurisdiction do. The rule above is cited and dated to when we last checked it; verify it before you rely on it.