Montana fire drill log
Assisted Living Facility: An employee AND resident fire drill at least twice a year, NO CLOSER THAN FOUR MONTHS APART, including residents, employees and support staff on duty and anyone else in the facility. A resident fire drill may be run by making a general announcement throughout the facility that a drill is being conducted, or by sounding the alarm.
What Montana requires
An employee AND resident fire drill at least twice a year, NO CLOSER THAN FOUR MONTHS APART, including residents, employees and support staff on duty and anyone else in the facility. A resident fire drill may be run by making a general announcement throughout the facility that a drill is being conducted, or by sounding the alarm.
Admin. R. Mont. 37.106.28 subchapter (assisted living); construction and fire codes at 37.106.2866; all-facility disaster plan at 37.106.322 · Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services · Admin. R. Mont. 37.106.28 subchapter · checked July 2026Keep the record: Fire drill records kept on the premises for 24 months, showing date and time, the names of employees who took part, and identification of residents needing assistance to evacuate. The annual fire inspection record is kept at least 3 years.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 Montana 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 Montana
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- Montana deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- Montana deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- Montana deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- Montana move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Montana’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 Montana?
- Assisted Living Facility: An employee AND resident fire drill at least twice a year, NO CLOSER THAN FOUR MONTHS APART, including residents, employees and support staff on duty and anyone else in the facility. A resident fire drill may be run by making a general announcement throughout the facility that a drill is being conducted, or by sounding the alarm. Source: Montana Dept. of Public Health and Human Services. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Montana?
- How long must Montana fire drill records be kept?
- Assisted Living Facility: Fire drill records kept on the premises for 24 months, showing date and time, the names of employees who took part, and identification of residents needing assistance to evacuate. The annual fire inspection record is kept at least 3 years.