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7 AAC 67.303. Life and fire safety. (a) A foster home must comply with the applicable life and fire safety requirements of this section and any additional or more stringent applicable standards established by a municipality to which the state fire marshal has delegated building and fire safety inspection and enforcement activities under 13 AAC 50. (b) At the time of licensing, the department will inspect a foster home to determine if the foster home meets the applicable requirements of this section. Based on the inspection, or if the department determines that it is necessary for purposes of public health, safety, or welfare, the department may request an advisory inspection report from local or state authorities. The foster home is responsible for any fee charged by the authority for each inspection. (c) A foster home must have a disaster preparedness and emergency evacuation plan that

(1) includes evacuation procedures that will ensure the complete evacuation of children in care, including children with limited mobility, within three minutes;

(2) describes in detail the procedures that will be followed for the complete evacuation of the foster home, including specific procedures as applicable for

(A) children under 30 months of age;

(B) adults or children with limited mobility; and

(C) adults or children who otherwise may need assistance in an emergency, including an adult or child who is mentally, visually, or hearing impaired;

(3) includes procedures, in a format required by the department, for other emergency situations or natural disasters that may affect the foster home; and

(4) requires

(A) the licensed foster parent to provide training of all caregivers in implementing the plan; and

(B) participation of all caregivers who are present during scheduled drills. (d) A foster home shall conduct emergency evacuation drills as required in this subsection. The foster home shall conduct a drill at least once each month if there are children in care placed in the home. Children whose medical or physical condition may be compromised by an emergency evacuation drill do not need to participate. However, caregivers must review the evacuation plan procedures for these children before or after the drill. (e) A foster home shall document and retain a record of each required evacuation drill and make the record available to the department upon request. The record must include the