§43.22(c): Fire drills (school-based)
At a school-based child care program, fire drills were not conducted and logged monthly, or the drill log was not on site and available for inspection.
| Health Code section | §43.22(c) |
| Type | Practice |
| How DOHMH classifies it | Serious (100% of its citations) |
| Cited in our records | 67 times at 60 NYC centers |
| Marked open right now | 2 |
The city's wording
Fire drills conducted monthly and logged. Drill log on site and available for inspection upon request of DOHMH and FDNY
This is the text DOHMH or the state attaches to the citation. It is a template, so it can sound harsher or vaguer than the finding behind it.
Worth asking the center
When was the last fire drill, and can I see the log?
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.
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Related sections
- §47.23(a): Supervision
- §47.27(b): Daily health check of children
- §47.23(f)(1): Teacher to child ratios
- §47.59(d): Fire drills
- §47.19(h)(3): Unsupervised contact before clearance
Counts are from the inspection records we hold, as of 2026-10-16. The plain-English note was written by NYC Daycare Check from the city's wording; the citation on each center's page is the record.