Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 11.88 - Fire drills(a) A fire drill, complete with evacuation to a designated meeting place outside the building or a fire safe area within a building, shall be held at least once every 6 months.(b) A written fire drill record shall be kept of the date, time, the amount of time it took for evacuation, the exit route used, problems encountered and whether the fire alarm was operative.(c) Alternate exit routes shall be used during fire drills.(d) Fire drills shall be held on different days of the week and at different times of the day.(e) Fire alarms shall be set off during each fire drill. In a center located in a larger building complex served by a common fire alarm system, a mock fire alarm device may be substituted to signal fire drills which are not held for all the occupants of the entire building complex. In this case, the mock fire alarm device shall have a sound similar to the building fire alarm system, or the difference in sound shall be demonstrated and explained to clients so that they can distinguish between the sound of the building fire alarm system and the mock fire alarm device. This section cited in 6 Pa. Code § 11.212 (relating to applicability).