How often are fire drills required in Arkansas?

Arkansas fire drill log

Fire and evacuation drills in residential care assisted living facilities must include COMPLETE EVACUATION of the premises. On top of the drills required by §405.3, staff take part in drills an additional two times a year on each shift — and in the FIRST YEAR of operation, twelve drills must be conducted with all occupants.

The building

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

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Arkansas — Residential Care / Assisted Living Facility: Fire and evacuation drills in residential care assisted living facilities must include COMPLETE EVACUATION of the premises. On top of the drills required by §405.3, staff take part in drills an additional two times a year on each shift — and in the FIRST YEAR of operation, twelve drills must be conducted with all occupants.Arkansas Fire Code Ch. 4 (emergency planning and preparedness), §405 drills · Arkansas Department of Human Services — Office of Long Term Care · checked Jul 2026

Your target for the year

We do not have a verified drill frequency for this licence, so there is no number to start you off. Ask Arkansas Department of Human Services — Office of Long Term Care and put their answer here — the log works either way.

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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 Arkansas requires

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

Arkansas Fire Code Ch. 4 (emergency planning and preparedness), §405 drills · Arkansas Department of Human Services — Office of Long Term Care · Arkansas Fire Code Ch. 4 §405 · 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 Arkansas 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 — Arkansas’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.