Alabama staff emergency training

The facility must be staffed to ensure the safe evacuation of all residents in the event of a fire or emergency. Staff training includes resident fire and environment safety, basic first aid, and CPR within 90 days of hire, and at least one CPR-certified person is on duty at all times.

What Alabama requires

Assisted Living Facility / Specialty Care Assisted Living Facility — Staffing and training for evacuation

The facility must be staffed to ensure the safe evacuation of all residents in the event of a fire or emergency. Staff training includes resident fire and environment safety, basic first aid, and CPR within 90 days of hire, and at least one CPR-certified person is on duty at all times.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-5-4-.04(1), (6)(a) · Alabama Department of Public Health — Bureau of Health Provider Standards · checked September 2026Deadline: 90 days from the date the person starts work.

Proving it, not just doing it

Record the start date alongside the training date. The training date alone shows the session happened; the pair shows it happened inside Alabama’s window, which is the thing actually being asked. The Alabama fire drill log is the other half of the same request, and both feed the Alabama readiness sheet.

General information, not legal advice, and not a compliance determination. The rule above is cited and dated to when we last checked it.