Alaska fire drill log
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.
What Alaska requires
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 · 7 AAC 75.270 / 7 AAC 10.1010 · checked July 2026Filling it in so it survives a survey
Vary the time and the scenario between drills — many 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.
Questions people ask
- How often are fire drills required in 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. Source: Alaska Department of Health — Division of Health Care Services, Residential Licensing. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Alaska?
- How long must Alaska fire drill records be kept?