Oregon fire drill log

Unannounced fire drills every other month, at different times across day, evening and night shifts — and on the alternate months, fire and life safety instruction is given to staff instead, so something happens every month. Separately, a drill of the emergency preparedness plan at least twice a year under the Oregon Fire Code.

The building

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

Oregon — Assisted Living / Residential Care Facility: Unannounced fire drills every other month, at different times across day, evening and night shifts — and on the alternate months, fire and life safety instruction is given to staff instead, so something happens every month. Separately, a drill of the emergency preparedness plan at least twice a year under the Oregon Fire Code.OAR 411-054-0090 (fire and life safety); OAR 411-054-0093 (emergency and disaster planning) · Oregon Department of Human Services — Aging and People with Disabilities · checked Jul 2026
Your target for the year

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

Worked out from Oregon Department of Human Services — Aging and People with Disabilities'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 6 logged, 6 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 Oregon requires

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

Unannounced fire drills every other month, at different times across day, evening and night shifts — and on the alternate months, fire and life safety instruction is given to staff instead, so something happens every month. Separately, a drill of the emergency preparedness plan at least twice a year under the Oregon Fire Code.

OAR 411-054-0090 (fire and life safety); OAR 411-054-0093 (emergency and disaster planning) · Oregon Department of Human Services — Aging and People with Disabilities · OAR 411-054-0090; OAR 411-054-0093 · 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 Oregon 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 Oregon

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 — Oregon’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.