Michigan fire drill log
Adult Foster Care Facility: Four fire drills a year, two of them during sleeping hours. Separately the licensee must practice the emergency preparedness plan — including the fire safety plan — at least once a quarter on EACH shift, counted against Michigan's named shifts of 7am–3pm, 3pm–11pm and 11pm–7am.
What Michigan requires
Four fire drills a year, two of them during sleeping hours. Separately the licensee must practice the emergency preparedness plan — including the fire safety plan — at least once a quarter on EACH shift, counted against Michigan's named shifts of 7am–3pm, 3pm–11pm and 11pm–7am.
Mich. Admin. Code R 400.601 et seq. (adult foster care) · Michigan Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) — Bureau of Community and Health Systems · LARA AFC licensing rules; MDHHS AFC/HFA Emergency Preparedness Toolkit · checked July 2026Keep the record: Records of emergency preparedness plan practices maintained for 2 years.Michigan licenses other facility classes whose drill frequency we have not confirmed against a primary source — including Home for the Aged (HFA). Those are deliberately absent from the tool rather than filled with a national default. Ask Michigan Dept. of Education / State Fire Marshal for the class you hold, and read the rule above only against the license it names.
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 Michigan 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 Michigan
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- Michigan deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- Michigan deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- Michigan deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- Michigan move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Michigan’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 Michigan?
- Adult Foster Care Facility: Four fire drills a year, two of them during sleeping hours. Separately the licensee must practice the emergency preparedness plan — including the fire safety plan — at least once a quarter on EACH shift, counted against Michigan's named shifts of 7am–3pm, 3pm–11pm and 11pm–7am. Source: Michigan Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) — Bureau of Community and Health Systems. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Michigan?
- How long must Michigan fire drill records be kept?
- Adult Foster Care Facility: Records of emergency preparedness plan practices maintained for 2 years.