Fire safety

1. The basic care facility shall comply with the national fire protection association Life Safety Code, 2012 edition, chapters 32 and 33, residential board and care occupancy, slow evacuation capability, or a greater level of fire safety. 2. Fire drills must be held monthly with a minimum of twelve per year, alternating with all workshifts. Residents and staff, as a group, shall either evacuate the building or relocate to an assembly point identified in the fire evacuation plan. At least once a year, a fire drill must be conducted during which all staff and residents evacuate the building. 3. Fire evacuation plans must be posted in a conspicuous place in the facility. 4. Written records of fire drills must be maintained. These records must include dates, times, duration, names of staff and residents participating and those absent and why, and a brief description of the drill, including the escape path used and evidence of simulation of a call to the fire department. 5. Each resident shall receive an individual fire drill walk-through within five days of admission. 6. Any variation to compliance with the fire safety requirements must be approved in writing by the department. 7. Residents of facilities meeting a greater level of fire safety must meet the fire drill requirements of that occupancy classification.