How often are fire drills required in Alaska?

Alaska fire drill log

Complete evacuation of the home at least once each year for each shift. The alternative is available only if the home conducts evacuations under the alternative provisions AND holds an emergency evacuation plan approved by the STATE FIRE MARSHAL — or by a municipality to which the fire marshal has deferred building fire safety inspection and enforcement.

The building

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

Facility name *Year

Address

State *

How many shifts does this building run? *Alaska’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.

Alaska — Assisted Living Home: Complete evacuation of the home at least once each year for each shift. The alternative is available only if the home conducts evacuations under the alternative provisions AND holds an emergency evacuation plan approved by the STATE FIRE MARSHAL — or by a municipality to which the fire marshal has deferred building fire safety inspection and enforcement.7 AAC 75.270 (life and fire safety); 7 AAC 75.290 (emergency situations); life and fire safety standard at 7 AAC 10.1010 · Alaska Department of Health — Division of Health Care Services, Residential Licensing · checked Jul 2026

Your target for the year

3 drills this year. 1 per shift × 3 shifts = 3 a year.

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

Worked out from Alaska Department of Health — Division of Health Care Services, Residential Licensing'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 3 logged, 3 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 Alaska requires

Assisted Living Home — Assisted living / residential care

7 AAC 75.270 (life and fire safety); 7 AAC 75.290 (emergency situations); life and fire safety standard at 7 AAC 10.1010 · Alaska Department of Health — Division of Health Care Services, Residential Licensing · 7 AAC 75.270 / 7 AAC 10.1010 · checked July 2026

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 Alaska 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 — Alaska’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.