How long must Utah fire drill records be kept?

Assisted Living Facility: Written incident and injury reports: at least four years.

Utah fire drill log

Assisted Living Facility: Hold simulated fire drills quarterly on each shift for each staff member and resident, in accordance with Rule R710-3.

What Utah requires

Assisted Living Facility — Assisted living / residential care

Hold simulated fire drills quarterly on each shift for each staff member and resident, in accordance with Rule R710-3.

Utah Admin. Code R432-270 (Assisted Living Facilities): R432-270-25 (disaster and emergency preparedness); R432-270-15 (secure units); R432-270-20 (records and incident reports); R432-270-21 (food service) · Utah Office of Licensing (OL) · Utah Admin. Code R432-270-25(8)(b)(iii) · checked September 2026Who to notify: No duty to file the plan or have it approved was found in R432-270-25. The plan must be available for review by the Office of Licensing.Keep the record: Written incident and injury reports: at least four 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 Utah 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 — Utah’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 Utah?: Assisted Living Facility: Hold simulated fire drills quarterly on each shift for each staff member and resident, in accordance with Rule R710-3. Source: Utah Office of Licensing (OL). Last checked September 2026.
Who do I notify about fire drills in Utah?: Assisted Living Facility: No duty to file the plan or have it approved was found in R432-270-25. The plan must be available for review by the Office of Licensing.
How long must Utah fire drill records be kept?: Assisted Living Facility: Written incident and injury reports: at least four years.