New Jersey fire drill log
Assisted Living Residence / Comprehensive Personal Care Home: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY CALENDAR MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one drill each year must cover a non-fire emergency: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident. Each staff member takes part in a drill at least once a year.
What New Jersey requires
At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY CALENDAR MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one drill each year must cover a non-fire emergency: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident. Each staff member takes part in a drill at least once a year.
N.J.A.C. 8:36; drills and tests at N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3 · New Jersey Department of Health · N.J.A.C. 8:36-14.3 · checked July 2026New Jersey licenses other facility classes whose drill frequency we have not confirmed against a primary source — including Long-Term Care Facility. Those are deliberately absent from the tool rather than filled with a national default. Ask the New Jersey agency that licenses you 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 New Jersey 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 Jersey
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- New Jersey deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- New Jersey deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- New Jersey deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — New Jersey’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 New Jersey?
- Assisted Living Residence / Comprehensive Personal Care Home: At least one emergency-plan drill EVERY CALENDAR MONTH — twelve a year — rotated so that four drills fall on each working shift annually. At least one drill each year must cover a non-fire emergency: storm, flood, other natural disaster, bomb threat or nuclear accident. Each staff member takes part in a drill at least once a year. Source: New Jersey Department of Health. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in New Jersey?
- How long must New Jersey fire drill records be kept?