§416.4(b)(1): Evacuation drills
The rule requires evacuation drills at least monthly, during the hours the home is open. A citation means that was not being done when the home was cited.
| State regulation (18 NYCRR) | §416.4(b)(1) |
| Type | Practice |
| Cited in our records | 339 times at 321 NYC home-based programs |
| Marked open right now | 90 |
The state's wording
Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
This is the text the state (OCFS) attaches to the citation. It is a template, so it can sound harsher or vaguer than the finding behind it.
Worth asking the provider
When was your last evacuation drill?
Reading it on a record
Look at whether the citation is marked open or corrected, how long ago it was cited, and whether the same section shows up on several inspections. One corrected citation is common. The same one on visit after visit is worth a direct question. Our guide to checking a daycare and methodology explain the rest.
Look up a home daycare and read its record
Related sections
Counts are from the inspection records we hold, as of 2026-10-18. The plain-English note was written by NYC Daycare Check from the city's wording; the citation on each provider's page is the record.