Wisconsin fire drill log
Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF): Fire evacuation drills at least quarterly with both employees and residents, and at least one a year simulating conditions during usual sleeping hours. Tornado, flooding or other emergency and disaster evacuation drills at least semi-annually.
What Wisconsin requires
Fire evacuation drills at least quarterly with both employees and residents, and at least one a year simulating conditions during usual sleeping hours. Tornado, flooding or other emergency and disaster evacuation drills at least semi-annually.
Wis. Admin. Code DHS 83.47 (fire safety) and DHS 83.48 · Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services — Division of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Assisted Living · Wis. Admin. Code DHS 83.47 · checked July 2026Filling 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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- Wisconsin deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- Wisconsin deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- Wisconsin deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- Wisconsin move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Wisconsin’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 Wisconsin?
- Community-Based Residential Facility (CBRF): Fire evacuation drills at least quarterly with both employees and residents, and at least one a year simulating conditions during usual sleeping hours. Tornado, flooding or other emergency and disaster evacuation drills at least semi-annually. Source: Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services — Division of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Assisted Living. Last checked July 2026.
- Who do I notify about fire drills in Wisconsin?
- How long must Wisconsin fire drill records be kept?