How often are fire drills required in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire fire drill log

Not less than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with not less than two conducted during the dark of night when a majority of residents are sleeping.

The building

New Hampshire requirements loaded — the rules below are New Hampshire’s own.

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New Hampshire — Assisted Living Residence — Residential Care (ALR-RC): Not less than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with not less than two conducted during the dark of night when a majority of residents are sleeping.N.H. Admin. Code He-P 804 (assisted living residence — residential care licensing); fire safety at He-P 804.26. Adult family care residences sit at He-P 813 and He-P 814.23. · New Hampshire DHHS — Health Facilities Administration · checked Jul 2026State form: NH DHHS Fire Drill Log

Your target for the year

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

Worked out from New Hampshire DHHS — Health Facilities Administration'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.

Use a different number instead

0 of 6 logged, 6 to go.

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

Assisted Living Residence — Residential Care (ALR-RC) — Assisted living / residential care

Not less than six fire drills a year on a bimonthly basis, with not less than two conducted during the dark of night when a majority of residents are sleeping.

N.H. Admin. Code He-P 804 (assisted living residence — residential care licensing); fire safety at He-P 804.26. Adult family care residences sit at He-P 813 and He-P 814.23. · New Hampshire DHHS — Health Facilities Administration · N.H. Admin. Code He-P 804.26 · checked July 2026State form: NH DHHS Fire Drill Log

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 New Hampshire 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 New Hampshire

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

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