Editing Fire drill (section)

=== United States ===
In the United States, school fire drill regulations are set by individual states. While all mandate fire drills during the course of a school year, the frequency and number vary from state to state.

The following states require that schools conduct a fire drill once per month:
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* Alabama<ref name="Alabama">[[Code of Alabama]], [http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeOfAlabama/1975/36-19-10.htm § 36-19-10, Regulation of fire drills and doors and exits in schools, factories, hospitals, etc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317031316/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/36-19-10.htm|date=2010-03-17}}</ref>
* Alaska<ref name="Alaska">{{cite web|title=723 ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION|url=https://www.k12northstar.org/cms/lib/AK01901510/Centricity/Domain/1500/AdminReg07%20-%20101615.pdf|publisher=Fairbanks North Star Borough School District|access-date=2018-02-15|archive-date=2018-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030022/https://www.k12northstar.org/cms/lib/AK01901510/Centricity/Domain/1500/AdminReg07%20-%20101615.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Arkansas<ref name="Arkansas">[[Arkansas Code]], § 12-13-109. Fire drills.</ref>
* California (elementary schools)<ref name="California">{{cite web|url=http://mcoeweb.marin.k12.ca.us/EmerPrep/plan8.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041120015231/http://mcoeweb.marin.k12.ca.us/EmerPrep/plan8.html |archive-date=2004-11-20 |title=School Emergency Preparedness Plan - Section 8 |date=2004-11-20 |access-date=2009-07-23}}</ref>
* Colorado
* Connecticut<ref name="Connecticut">[http://www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools/States/states.asp?Name=Connecticut] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313031625/http://www.nasbe.org/HealthySchools/States/states.asp?Name=Connecticut|date=March 13, 2008}}</ref>
* Delaware
* District of Columbia<ref name="DC">{{cite web | url = http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/Principals-folder/Final%20Principals%20and%20Asst%20%20Principals%20Calendar.doc | title = Standards for Principals and Assistant Principals | access-date = 2008-09-14 | format = [[DOC (computing)]] | publisher = District of Columbia Public Schools}}</ref>
* Florida<ref name="Florida">{{cite web|url=http://www.fldoe.org/edfacil/sitbas10.asp|title=Site Based Manager Fall Back and Regroup|publisher=Florida Department of Education|access-date=2009-02-13|archive-date=2011-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235959/http://www.fldoe.org/edfacil/sitbas10.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Georgia
*Indiana
*Kentucky
*Missouri 
* Nebraska<ref name="Nebraska">{{cite web |url=http://www.ed.gov/pubs/RegPrivSchl/nebraska.html |title=State Regulation of Private Schools - Nebraska |publisher=Ed.gov |date=2000-01-01 |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2009-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074549/http://www.ed.gov/pubs/RegPrivSchl/nebraska.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Nevada<ref name="Nevada">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-392.html#NRS392Sec450|title=Nevada Revised Statutes §392.450|access-date=2007-08-05|archive-date=2007-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810110022/http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-392.html#NRS392Sec450|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Nevada_private">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-394.html#NRS394Sec170|title=Nevada Revised Statutes §394.170|access-date=2007-08-05|archive-date=2016-12-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224234517/http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-394.html#NRS394Sec170|url-status=live}}</ref>
* New Hampshire<ref name="New Hampshire">{{cite web|title=Fire Code Issues in Educational Occupancies|url=http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/firesafety//bulletins/documents/05_01firecode.pdf|access-date=2009-06-25|archive-date=2010-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609140806/http://www.nh.gov/safety/divisions/firesafety/bulletins/documents/05_01firecode.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* New Jersey<ref name="New Jersey">{{cite web |url=http://www.njpsa.org/agr/news.cfm?newsid=876 |title=New Jersey Principals And Supervisors Association — Membership News |publisher=Njpsa.org |access-date=2010-09-24 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727124335/http://www.njpsa.org/agr/news.cfm?newsid=876 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* North Carolina<ref name="North Carolina">{{cite web |url=http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115c/GS_115C-288.html |title=GS 115C-288 |publisher=Ncga.state.nc.us |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2009-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724205518/http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_115c/GS_115c-288.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Ohio<ref name="Ohio">{{cite web|url=http://www.com.state.oh.us/SFM/pub/SchoolFireDrillsLtr.pdf |title=Bills try at header |access-date=2009-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220055409/http://www.com.state.oh.us/sfm/pub/SchoolFireDrillsLtr.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2009 }}</ref>
* Oregon<ref name="Oregon">[http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/district/risk/manual/saf/fl6.htm 24J Risk Management Operations Manual<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050119212514/http://www.salkeiz.k12.or.us/district/risk/manual/saf/fl6.htm |date=January 19, 2005 }}</ref>
* Pennsylvania<ref name="Pennsylvania">{{cite web|author=PDE |url=http://www.pde.state.pa.us/k12/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=54316 |title=Pre K-12 Schools: Fire Drills and School Bus Evacuations |publisher=Pde.state.pa.us |access-date=2009-07-23| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070811214411/http://www.pde.state.pa.us/k12/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=54316| archive-date = August 11, 2007}}</ref>
*  Rhode Island<ref name="Rhode Island">[[Rhode Island General Laws]], Title 16, [http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE16/16-21/16-21-4.HTM § 16-21-4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309112420/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Statutes/TITLE16/16-21/16-21-4.HTM|date=2012-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07234.htm |title=Chapter 07-234 |publisher=Rilin.state.ri.us |date=2007-05-23 |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2012-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309112424/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law07/law07234.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* South Carolina
* Tennessee<ref name="Tennessee">{{cite web|title=State Fire Marshal's Office: Fire Safety Starts in Schools|url=https://www.tn.gov/commerce/news/2017/3/6/state-fire-marshals-office-fire-safety-starts-in-schools.html|website=www.tn.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-02-15|archive-date=2018-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084616/https://www.tn.gov/commerce/news/2017/3/6/state-fire-marshals-office-fire-safety-starts-in-schools.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Texas
* Utah (elementary schools)<ref name="Utah">{{cite web|url=http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/rmsc/firedrill.html|title=Fire Drill Requirements|publisher=Davis School District|access-date=2009-10-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050319084052/http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/rmsc/firedrill.html| archive-date = March 19, 2005}}</ref>
* West Virginia<ref name="West Virginia">{{cite web|url=http://www.firemarshal.wv.gov/Documents/SCHOOL%20FIRE%20DRILL%20REPORTS.pdf|title=School Fire Exit Drill Safety Report|publisher=Office of the State Fire Marshal|access-date=25 November 2009|archive-date=8 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008045205/http://www.firemarshal.wv.gov/Documents/SCHOOL%20FIRE%20DRILL%20REPORTS.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Wisconsin<ref name="Wisconsin">[http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/newsletter/2003/Nov/firedrills-schools.html Fire Drills in Wisconsin Schools: an Opportunity for Excellence] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719123029/http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/newsletter/2003/Nov/firedrills-schools.html |date=2011-07-19 }}, John Andersen, ''Wisconsin Department of Commerce Newsletter'', November 2003</ref>
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The following states require that schools conduct a specific number of drills over the course of the entire school year, or that a certain number of drills must be conducted within a certain period of time: 
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* Alaska<ref name="Alaska"/>
* Arizona<ref name="Arizona">{{cite web | url = http://www.ade.az.gov/sa/health/schoolsafety/safetyplans/AZMinRecReqChecklistNoRefSep2006.pdf | title = Arizona School Emergency Response Plan Minimum Requirements Checklist | access-date = 2008-09-14 | archive-date = 2008-09-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080915073409/https://www.ade.az.gov/sa/health/schoolsafety/safetyplans/AZMinRecReqChecklistNoRefSep2006.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>
* California (middle and high schools)<ref name="California"/>
* Florida<ref name="Florida"/>
* Hawaii<ref name="Hawaii middle intermediate high">{{cite web|url=http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.aiahonolulu.org/resource/resmgr/imported/Hawaii%20Administrative%20Rules.pdf|title=§12-45.1-99 w/Amendment|work=Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 12, Subtitle 7, Chapter 45-1|publisher=Hawaii Department of Labor and Industrial Relations|page=32|access-date=2014-11-03|archive-date=2014-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104061508/http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.aiahonolulu.org/resource/resmgr/imported/Hawaii%20Administrative%20Rules.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Illinois<ref name="Illinois">[http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=4244 Governor Blagojevich signs new law to make schools safer] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604234431/http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=4244 |date=2010-06-04 }}, Office of the Governor, State of Illinois, August 16, 2005</ref>
*Iowa<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/ACO/IC/LINC/2013.Section.100.31.PDF|title=Archived copy|access-date=2015-04-22|archive-date=2015-09-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904095927/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/DOCS/ACO/IC/LINC/2013.Section.100.31.PDF|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Kansas<ref name="Kansas">{{cite web |url=https://firemarshal.ks.gov/docs/default-source/education/conducting-fire-drills---schools-k12-updated.pdf |title=State of Kansas |publisher=Firemarshall.ks.gov |access-date=2019-04-15 |archive-date=2019-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415143802/https://firemarshal.ks.gov/docs/default-source/education/conducting-fire-drills---schools-k12-updated.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Louisiana<ref name="Louisiana">{{cite web |url=http://www.cpsb.org/System/policies/manual/e.htm |title=E - Business Management |publisher=Cpsb.org |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2008-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204194135/http://www.cpsb.org/system/policies/manual/e.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Maine<ref name="Maine">{{cite web |author=Yarmouth School District |url=http://district.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Pages/YSD_Policies/E#EBCB |title=Yarmouth School District - E - Support Services |publisher=District.yarmouth.k12.me.us |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2007-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811030428/http://district.yarmouth.k12.me.us/Pages/YSD_Policies/E#EBCB |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Maryland<ref name="Maryland">Maryland An. Code 1957, art. 77, § 91; 1978, ch. 22, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 16.</ref>
* Massachusetts<ref name="Massachusetts">[http://www.mass.gov/dfs/osfm/fireprevention/adv/av_school_fire_drills.htm School Fire Drills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214224609/http://www.mass.gov/dfs/osfm/fireprevention/adv/av_school_fire_drills.htm |date=2006-12-14 }}, Stephen D. Coan, Massachusetts Department of Fire Services, June 27, 2001</ref>
* Michigan<ref name="Michigan">[[Michigan Compiled Laws]], Chapter 29, Act 207 of 1941, [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(fhb5zl45plzt2nvyo3fkum2w)/mileg.aspx?page=GetMCLDocument&objectname=mcl-29-19 Section 29.19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201210311/https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(0pbgaifejvcke2rkxmftar45))/mileg.aspx?page=GetMCLDocument&objectname=mcl-29-19 |date=2010-02-01 }}</ref>
* Minnesota<ref name="Minnesota">{{cite web|url=http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=2006&section=299F.30|title=Minnesota Statutes 299F.30: Fire drill in schools; doors and exits.|year=2006|access-date=2007-06-11|archive-date=2007-06-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623052245/http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=2006&section=299F.30|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Montana<ref name="Montana">{{cite web|url=http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/20/1/20-1-402.htm|title=Montana Code Annotated 20-1-402|year=2007|access-date=2008-10-15|archive-date=2008-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922160320/http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca/20/1/20-1-402.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* New Mexico<ref name="New Mexico">Subsection M of 6.30.2.10 of the New Mexico Administrative Code</ref>
* New York <ref name="New York">https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/EDN/807 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
* Oklahoma<ref name="Oklahoma">{{cite web|url=http://sde.state.ok.us/Law/LawBook/law/Chapter12/C_12-A_IV.htm|title=ARTICLE IV: SAFETY|access-date=2011-01-19|archive-date=2011-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110216041121/http://sde.state.ok.us/law/lawbook/law/Chapter12/C_12-A_IV.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* South Dakota <ref name="South Dakota">{{cite web|title=K-12 Accreditation - South Dakota Department of Education|url=http://test.doe.sd.gov/oatq/districtaccrediation.aspx|website=test.doe.sd.gov|publisher=Department of Education, State of South Dakota|access-date=2018-02-15|archive-date=2018-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216030234/http://test.doe.sd.gov/oatq/districtaccrediation.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Utah (middle and high schools)<ref name="Utah"/>
* Vermont<ref>{{Cite web |last=French & Desrochers |first=Daniel & Micheal |date=July 21, 2022 |title=New Guidance regarding Egress Evacuation and Options Based Response Drills |url=https://firesafety.vermont.gov/sites/firesafety/files/documents/Drill%20Guidance%202022%202023%20Academic%20Year%20Aug%202022.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005233054/https://firesafety.vermont.gov/sites/firesafety/files/documents/Drill%20Guidance%202022%202023%20Academic%20Year%20Aug%202022.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-05 |url-status=live |access-date=February 20, 2023 |website=firesafety.vermont.gov}}</ref>
* Virginia<ref name="Virginia">[[Code of Virginia]], [https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/22.1-137/ § 22.1-137] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902222858/https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/22.1-137/ |date=2019-09-02}}</ref>
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The following states specify a greater frequency of fire drills at the beginning of the school year:
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* District of Columbia<ref name="DC"/>
* Georgia<ref name="Georgia">{{cite web|title=Superintendent's Report|url=https://www.oci.ga.gov/PublicEducation/Superintendents.aspx|website=Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner|publisher=State of Georgia|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=14 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214142130/https://www.oci.ga.gov/PublicEducation/Superintendents.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Louisiana<ref name="Louisiana"/>
* Maine<ref name="Maine"/>
* New York <ref name="New York"/>
* Ohio<ref name="Ohio"/>
* Rhode Island<ref name="Rhode Island"/>
* Tennessee<ref name="Tennessee"/>
* Utah<ref name="Utah"/>
* Virginia<ref name="Virginia"/>
* Washington<ref name="Washington">{{cite web|url=http://www.ehs.washington.edu/fsoemerprep/fireexitfrequencies.shtm |title=UW EH&S - Fire Exit Drill Frequencies |publisher=Ehs.washington.edu |date= |accessdate=2009-07-23}}</ref>
* West Virginia<ref name="West Virginia"/>
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Until regulations changed on November 1, 2010, New Jersey was unique in its requirement that schools conduct 2 fire drills per month.<ref name="NJStatutes">New Jersey Permanent Statutes, § 18A:41-1</ref>  Under later requirements, one of the 2 fire drills was replaced by a monthly security drill.<ref name="New Jersey"/>