Connecticut fire drill log
Chronic and Convalescent Nursing Home (CCNH): At least four drills a year on each shift, with a signed record of each drill.
What Connecticut requires
At least four drills a year on each shift, with a signed record of each drill.
RCSA §19-13-D8t(u) (disaster plan, drills and staff orientation for chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision); CGS §19a-563a (plan provided to the municipality); CGS §19a-563b (personal protective equipment supply) · Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS) · RCSA §19-13-D8t(u) · checked September 2026Who to notify: The nursing home provides its emergency plan to the municipality in which it is located. (The municipality in which the nursing home is located)Connecticut licenses other facility classes whose drill frequency we have not confirmed against a primary source — including Residential Care Home (RCH), Managed Residential Community (MRC) — registered, not licensed, Hospital, Home Health Care Agency (HHC) / Homemaker–Home Health Aide Agency (HHHA), Outpatient Surgical Facility. Those are deliberately absent from the tool rather than filled with a national default. Ask Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS) for the class you hold, and read the rule above only against the license it names.
Filling 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 Connecticut 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 Connecticut
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
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General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Connecticut’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 Connecticut?
- Chronic and Convalescent Nursing Home (CCNH): At least four drills a year on each shift, with a signed record of each drill. Source: Connecticut Department of Public Health — Facility Licensing & Investigations Section (FLIS). Last checked September 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Connecticut?
- Chronic and Convalescent Nursing Home (CCNH): The nursing home provides its emergency plan to the municipality in which it is located. (The municipality in which the nursing home is located)
- How long must Connecticut fire drill records be kept?