What does a Colorado surveyor ask for on emergency preparedness?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period (6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7, Section 10 (emergency preparedness for assisted living residences)). 72 hours of food, water and essential medications (6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10). Backup power keyed to the resident, not the building (6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10). Source: Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division. Last checked July 2026.

Colorado survey readiness

What Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division can ask you for, each line cited — and the ones you can't yet produce.

The building

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

Facility name *Survey expected

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0 of 30 ready.

30 of the outstanding items are the ones a survey opens with.

Colorado — Assisted Living Residence

What Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division can ask for, each cited. Checked July 2026.

Must be done, on a scheduleWhen did it last happen, and was that inside the interval?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period

Drills at the required frequency: Staff must be trained in emergency procedures, and at least one UNANNOUNCED drill is conducted annually.

6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7, Section 10 (emergency preparedness for assisted living residences) · Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division

Where the evidence isLast done

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Must exist in the buildingIs it installed, and can you show it was tested?

72 hours of food, water and essential medications

Colorado sets a stocking level rather than a duration of outage: a 72-hour supply of food, water and essential medications must be maintained on site.

6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10 · Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division

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Backup power keyed to the resident, not the building

Colorado requires backup power sources for residents who rely on electrically powered medical equipment. This is a different trigger from Florida's or California's facility-wide generator mandates — the obligation follows the individual resident, so admitting one oxygen-concentrator or ventilator-dependent resident creates it, and the plan has to track which residents carry it.

6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10 · Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division

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Records to retainHow far back can you produce the records?

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period

Drills at the required frequency: Staff must be trained in emergency procedures, and at least one UNANNOUNCED drill is conducted annually.

6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7, Section 10 (emergency preparedness for assisted living residences) · Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division

Where the evidence isLast done

Produce this →

What Colorado requires

Assisted Living Residence — Assisted living / residential care

Your fire and evacuation drill records for the period. Drills at the required frequency: Staff must be trained in emergency procedures, and at least one UNANNOUNCED drill is conducted annually. 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7, Section 10 (emergency preparedness for assisted living residences)
72 hours of food, water and essential medications. Colorado sets a stocking level rather than a duration of outage: a 72-hour supply of food, water and essential medications must be maintained on site. 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10
Backup power keyed to the resident, not the building. Colorado requires backup power sources for residents who rely on electrically powered medical equipment. This is a different trigger from Florida's or California's facility-wide generator mandates — the obligation follows the individual resident, so admitting one oxygen-concentrator or ventilator-dependent resident creates it, and the plan has to track which residents carry it. 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 7 Section 10

Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division · checked July 2026

The evidence, and where it comes from

Every item above needs something you can hand over. The Colorado fire drill log produces the drill record at the frequency this state sets, the emergency plan builder writes the plan itself from the same research, and the compliance calendar puts the life-safety tests on dates. Anything you record against the building shows up on the checklist already ticked.

Everything else we’ve researched about Colorado

Same state, the problems either side of this one. Each carries its own statute and the date we last checked it.

A self-assessment against published rules, not a compliance determination. CompliMaint issues nothing — Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment — Health Facilities and EMS Division and your authority having jurisdiction do. Requirements we could not verify are absent rather than guessed at.