| 6500.109(a) | A fire drill shall be held at least every three months, until all individuals demonstrate the ability to evacuate within 2 and ½ minutes without family assistance, or with family assistance if the individual is never alone in the home. The home has held two fire drills in the past 12 months, on 10/26/2023 and 4/24/2024. The current Individual Support Plan (ISP) for Individual #1 states that the individual requires verbal assistance to evacuate because he "moves slowly and tends to remain very focused on the task which he is engaged in." The ISP also states that the individual has up to three hours alone time in the home which he does utilize. Because the individual requires verbal assistance to evacuate and spends up to three hours per day alone in the home, the home is required to conduct fire drills every three months until the individual can safely evacuate in under 2 and ½ minutes without family assistance. | A fire drill shall be held at least every 3 months, until all individuals demonstrate the ability to evacuate within 2 1/2 minutes, or within the period of time specified in writing within the past year by a fire safety expert, without family assistance, or with family assistance if the individual is never alone in the home. The fire safety expert may not be a family member or employee of the agency. | On 9/20/2024 the life sharing specialist conducted a fire drill at which time individual 1 evacuated in 53 seconds without prompting. Additionally, the life sharing specialist confirmed that the ISP does not state verbal prompting and encouragement is required. |
09/20/2024
| Implemented |