How often are fire drills required in Maine?

Maine fire drill log

Drills or rehearsals of the emergency steps at IRREGULAR TIMES OF DAY, at least six a year and SPACED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, with two of the six conducted while residents are asleep.

The building

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

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Maine — Assisted Housing Program (assisted living, residential care, or private non-medical institution): Drills or rehearsals of the emergency steps at IRREGULAR TIMES OF DAY, at least six a year and SPACED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, with two of the six conducted while residents are asleep.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 113 (assisted housing programs); safety standards at §144-113-I-13; fire safety inspection under 22 M.R.S. §7855 · Maine DHHS — Division of Licensing and Certification · checked Jul 2026

Your target for the year

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

Worked out from Maine DHHS — Division of Licensing and Certification'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.

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0 of 6 logged, 6 to go.

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

Assisted Housing Program (assisted living, residential care, or private non-medical institution) — Assisted living / residential care

Drills or rehearsals of the emergency steps at IRREGULAR TIMES OF DAY, at least six a year and SPACED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, with two of the six conducted while residents are asleep.

10-144 C.M.R. ch. 113 (assisted housing programs); safety standards at §144-113-I-13; fire safety inspection under 22 M.R.S. §7855 · Maine DHHS — Division of Licensing and Certification · 10-144 C.M.R. §144-113-I-13 · 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 Maine 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 Maine

Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.

Maine rent late fees & grace periodWhat may be charged when rent is late, and the notice to send.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Maine’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.