Washington staff emergency training

All employees are trained in the comprehensive emergency preparedness plan and staff procedures on hire, with an annual review thereafter, and the plan and procedures themselves must be reviewed and updated at least annually.

The facility

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

Washington — Assisted Living Facility: Train on hire, review annually — both the staff and the plan

All employees are trained in the comprehensive emergency preparedness plan and staff procedures on hire, with an annual review thereafter, and the plan and procedures themselves must be reviewed and updated at least annually.

Chapter 388-78A WAC · Washington State DSHS — Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Residential Care Services · checked Jul 2026And: reviewed at least annually.
Who was trained

The start date is what the clock runs from, so it is worth filling in even for people trained long ago — it is the pair of dates that proves you were on time, not the training date alone.

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What Washington requires

Assisted Living Facility — Train on hire, review annually — both the staff and the plan

All employees are trained in the comprehensive emergency preparedness plan and staff procedures on hire, with an annual review thereafter, and the plan and procedures themselves must be reviewed and updated at least annually.

Chapter 388-78A WAC · Washington State DSHS — Aging and Long-Term Support Administration, Residential Care Services · checked July 2026

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 Washington’s window, which is the thing actually being asked. The Washington fire drill log is the other half of the same request, and both feed the Washington readiness sheet.

Everything else we’ve researched about Washington

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

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