Arizona fire drill log

A disaster drill for employees on each shift at least once every three months, documented. Separately an evacuation drill for employees AND residents at least once every six months, including everyone on the premises — except a resident whose medical record documents that evacuating would cause them harm, plus enough caregivers to keep the residents who stay safe.

The building

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

Arizona — Assisted Living Facility (center, home or adult day): A disaster drill for employees on each shift at least once every three months, documented. Separately an evacuation drill for employees AND residents at least once every six months, including everyone on the premises — except a resident whose medical record documents that evacuating would cause them harm, plus enough caregivers to keep the residents who stay safe.Ariz. Admin. Code R9-10-818 (Emergency and Safety Standards) · Arizona Department of Health Services — Bureau of Residential Facilities Licensing · checked Jul 2026Who to notify: Arizona takes the plan at the STATE licensing application rather than through a county emergency management agency. There is no local EM filing or approval step — the plan is submitted to ADHS with the application and thereafter reviewed at least every 12 months in house. (Arizona Department of Health Services, as part of the licensing application)Keep the record: Documentation of each evacuation drill maintained for at least 12 months after the drill. The disaster plan is reviewed at least once every 12 months.
Your target for the year

12 drills this year. 4 per shift × 3 shifts = 12 a year.

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

Worked out from Arizona Department of Health Services — Bureau of Residential Facilities 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.

0 of 12 logged, 12 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.

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What Arizona requires

Assisted Living Facility (center, home or adult day) — Assisted living / residential care

A disaster drill for employees on each shift at least once every three months, documented. Separately an evacuation drill for employees AND residents at least once every six months, including everyone on the premises — except a resident whose medical record documents that evacuating would cause them harm, plus enough caregivers to keep the residents who stay safe.

Ariz. Admin. Code R9-10-818 (Emergency and Safety Standards) · Arizona Department of Health Services — Bureau of Residential Facilities Licensing · A.A.C. R9-10-818 · checked July 2026Who to notify: Arizona takes the plan at the STATE licensing application rather than through a county emergency management agency. There is no local EM filing or approval step — the plan is submitted to ADHS with the application and thereafter reviewed at least every 12 months in house. (Arizona Department of Health Services, as part of the licensing application)Keep the record: Documentation of each evacuation drill maintained for at least 12 months after the drill. The disaster plan is reviewed at least once every 12 months.

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 Arizona 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.

Everything else we’ve researched about Arizona

Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Arizona’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.