North Dakota fire drill log
Basic Care Facility: Fire drills are held monthly, at least twelve a year, alternating across all work shifts; residents and staff evacuate or relocate to the assembly point. At least once a year, all staff and residents evacuate the building.
What North Dakota requires
Fire drills are held monthly, at least twelve a year, alternating across all work shifts; residents and staff evacuate or relocate to the assembly point. At least once a year, all staff and residents evacuate the building.
N.D. Admin. Code 33-03-24.2-08 (fire safety, fire drills, five-day walk-through); ch. 33-03-24.1 (basic care facilities: 33-03-24.1-01(17), -09(2), -11, -24) · North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services · NDAC 33-03-24.2-08(2) · checked September 2026North Dakota licenses other facility classes whose drill frequency we have not confirmed against a primary source — including Assisted Living Facility. Those are deliberately absent from the tool rather than filled with a national default. Ask the North Dakota 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 North Dakota 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 — North Dakota’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 North Dakota?
- Basic Care Facility: Fire drills are held monthly, at least twelve a year, alternating across all work shifts; residents and staff evacuate or relocate to the assembly point. At least once a year, all staff and residents evacuate the building. Source: North Dakota Dept. of Health and Human Services. Last checked September 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in North Dakota?
- How long must North Dakota fire drill records be kept?