Missouri fire drill log

A minimum of twelve fire drills a year, at least one every three months on each shift. At least four of them must be UNANNOUNCED to residents and staff — excluding the staff assigned to evaluate the response — and the drills must include an actual resident evacuation at least once a year.

The building

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

Missouri — Assisted Living Facility / Residential Care Facility: A minimum of twelve fire drills a year, at least one every three months on each shift. At least four of them must be UNANNOUNCED to residents and staff — excluding the staff assigned to evaluate the response — and the drills must include an actual resident evacuation at least once a year.19 CSR 30-86.022 (fire safety and emergency preparedness, RCF and ALF); 19 CSR 30-85.022 for intermediate care and skilled nursing · Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services — Section for Long-Term Care Regulation · checked Jul 2026
Your target for the year

36 drills this year. 12 per shift × 3 shifts = 36 a year.

We assumed three shifts, since this licence is staffed around the clock. Change it below if that is wrong.

Worked out from Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services — Section for Long-Term Care Regulation'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 36 logged, 36 to go.
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 Missouri requires

Assisted Living Facility / Residential Care Facility — Assisted living / residential care

A minimum of twelve fire drills a year, at least one every three months on each shift. At least four of them must be UNANNOUNCED to residents and staff — excluding the staff assigned to evaluate the response — and the drills must include an actual resident evacuation at least once a year.

19 CSR 30-86.022 (fire safety and emergency preparedness, RCF and ALF); 19 CSR 30-85.022 for intermediate care and skilled nursing · Missouri Dept. of Health & Senior Services — Section for Long-Term Care Regulation · 19 CSR 30-86.022 · 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 Missouri 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.

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