Emergency plan rules in New Hampshire
One license type researched, regulated by New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Every requirement below carries the rule that imposes it.
Assisted living / residential care
Licensed in New Hampshire as Assisted Living Residence–Residential Care (ALR-RC), by New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
N.H. Code Admin. R. He-P 804 (Assisted Living Residence–Residential Care), including He-P 804.14(p)(5) (evacuation floor plan) and He-P 804.16(i) (residents who cannot safely evacuate)
Fire drill frequency not verified on the official rule text. The fire safety section (He-P 804.26) has not been read on an official copy.
Open He-P 804.26(i) (Fire Safety, drill requirements) on the official He-P 800 text at https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-p800.html or on the DHHS-posted He-P 804 PDF, and copy verbatim the drill count, the night-drill minimum and any separate rule for buildings meeting the NFPA 101 health care occupancy chapter.
Not verified on the official rule text: approval of the emergency preparedness plan by the local emergency management director and written approval of the fire safety plan by the local fire chief.
Authority: Local emergency management director; local fire chief
NH DHHS Fire Drill Log — New Hampshire DHHS lists a Fire Drill Log form. Whether it covers every drill-record element the rule requires has not been checked.
The residence posts an evacuation floor plan identifying the location of, and access to, all fire exits.
He-P 804.14(p)(5)If the nursing assessment indicates that the resident cannot safely evacuate, the resident is ineligible.
He-P 804.16(i)- New Hampshire has no separate memory-care license. He-P 804 defines locked or secured ALR-RCs, or locked or secured units within an ALR-RC, as a form of mechanical restraint.
- filing — Open He-P 804.27(e) (Emergency Preparedness) and He-P 804.26(h) (Fire Safety) on the official He-P 800 text at https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-p800.html or on the DHHS-posted He-P 804 PDF, and copy verbatim who approves the emergency preparedness plan and the fire safety plan, and when changes must be submitted.
- form — Open the DHHS Fire Drill Log at https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/documents/fire-drill-log and compare its fields with the drill-record elements in He-P 804.26(i)(1)e on the official He-P 804 text.
- drills — Open He-P 804.26(i) (Fire Safety, drill requirements) on the official He-P 800 text at https://gc.nh.gov/rules/state_agencies/he-p800.html or on the DHHS-posted He-P 804 PDF, and copy verbatim the drill count, the night-drill minimum and any separate rule for buildings meeting the NFPA 101 health care occupancy chapter.
Reviewed 2026-09-28
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Everything else we’ve researched about New Hampshire
Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.
- New Hampshire deposit return law & letterThe landlord's deadline to return a deposit, and the itemized letter.
- New Hampshire deposit demand letterFor the tenant: whether the landlord is late, and by how many days.
- New Hampshire deposit deduction rulesWhat may fairly come out of a deposit, prorated by useful life.
- New Hampshire move-in condition reportThe walkthrough record that decides deposit arguments later.
What this page is
The requirements New Hampshire places on a facility emergency preparedness plan, taken from the state’s own rules rather than a national template. Where we have confirmed something against primary text it is stated plainly; where we have not, it says so and names what to check. Nothing here is inferred from what other states do.
The part that is the same everywhere
The federal layer does not vary by state, and it is narrower than it is usually described. OSHA 29 CFR §1910.38 does not bind every employer on its own — by its applicability paragraph it governs an emergency action plan whenever another OSHA standard requires the employer to have one, and it then settles what that plan must contain. The CMS emergency preparedness rule applies by certified provider type rather than by building. That layer, plus the exit-route, alarm and first-aid rules and the fire code’s plan structure, is covered in the main crash course rather than repeated on all fifty state pages.
Write the plan
The Emergency Plan Builder produces the document itself. It reads the same research as this page, but it does not yet carry every requirement here into the plan it writes, so check the plan against this page before you rely on it for New Hampshire. The Compliance Calendar puts the drills and inspections on dates.