Illinois fire drill log

At least six drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with at least two conducted at night while residents are sleeping. Drills must involve the ACTUAL EVACUATION of residents to an assembly point named in the emergency plan, and must give residents experience using various means of escape.

The building

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

Illinois — Assisted Living / Shared Housing Establishment: At least six drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with at least two conducted at night while residents are sleeping. Drills must involve the ACTUAL EVACUATION of residents to an assembly point named in the emergency plan, and must give residents experience using various means of escape.77 Ill. Adm. Code §295.2040 (Disaster Preparedness) · Illinois Department of Public Health · checked Jul 2026
Your target for the year

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

Worked out from Illinois Department of Public Health'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 6 logged, 6 to go.

0 of them recorded on a night or sleeping-hours shift; Illinois 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 Illinois requires

Assisted Living / Shared Housing Establishment — Assisted living / residential care

At least six drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with at least two conducted at night while residents are sleeping. Drills must involve the ACTUAL EVACUATION of residents to an assembly point named in the emergency plan, and must give residents experience using various means of escape.

77 Ill. Adm. Code §295.2040 (Disaster Preparedness) · Illinois Department of Public Health · 77 Ill. Adm. Code §295.2040 · 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 Illinois 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 Illinois

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 — Illinois’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.