Maryland fire drill log
Assisted Living Program: A semiannual emergency and disaster drill on ALL shifts, alternating between evacuating residents and sheltering in place so that each is practiced at least once a year. Where the program can demonstrate that moving residents would harm them, the drill may be run as a table-top exercise instead.
What Maryland requires
A semiannual emergency and disaster drill on ALL shifts, alternating between evacuating residents and sheltering in place so that each is practiced at least once a year. Where the program can demonstrate that moving residents would harm them, the drill may be run as a table-top exercise instead.
COMAR 10.07.14.46 and .47 (Emergency Preparedness) · Maryland Department of Health — Office of Health Care Quality · COMAR 10.07.14.46/.47 · checked July 2026Keep the record: Drill records kept on file for a minimum of 2 years, including signatures of all participating staff and the opportunities for improvement identified.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 Maryland 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 Maryland
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- Maryland rent late fees & grace periodWhat may be charged when rent is late, and the notice to send.
- Maryland notice to pay rent or quitHow many days' notice before a nonpayment filing, counted on a calendar.
- Maryland deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- Maryland deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- Maryland deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- Maryland move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Maryland’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 Maryland?
- Assisted Living Program: A semiannual emergency and disaster drill on ALL shifts, alternating between evacuating residents and sheltering in place so that each is practiced at least once a year. Where the program can demonstrate that moving residents would harm them, the drill may be run as a table-top exercise instead. Source: Maryland Department of Health — Office of Health Care Quality. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Maryland?
- How long must Maryland fire drill records be kept?
- Assisted Living Program: Drill records kept on file for a minimum of 2 years, including signatures of all participating staff and the opportunities for improvement identified.