How often are fire drills required in Idaho?

Idaho fire drill log

Not fewer than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, of which at least two are conducted at night while residents are sleeping.

The building

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

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Idaho — Residential Assisted Living Facility: Not fewer than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, of which at least two are conducted at night while residents are sleeping.IDAPA 16.03.22 (residential care or assisted living facilities); emergency actions and fire drills at 16.03.22.410 · Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare — Residential Assisted Living Program · checked Jul 2026

Your target for the year

6 drills this year. 6 a year under the state rule.

Worked out from Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare — Residential Assisted Living Program'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 6 logged, 6 to go.

0 of them recorded on a night or sleeping-hours shift; Idaho wants at least 2.

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 Idaho requires

Residential Assisted Living Facility — Assisted living / residential care

Not fewer than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, of which at least two are conducted at night while residents are sleeping.

IDAPA 16.03.22 (residential care or assisted living facilities); emergency actions and fire drills at 16.03.22.410 · Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare — Residential Assisted Living Program · IDAPA 16.03.22.410 · 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 Idaho 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 — Idaho’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.