Illinois fire drill log
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.
What Illinois requires
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 2026Filling 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 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.
Questions people ask
- How often are fire drills required in 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. Source: Illinois Department of Public Health. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Illinois?
- How long must Illinois fire drill records be kept?