New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 44A - STANDARDS FOR COMMUNITY RESIDENCES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Subchapter 6 - FIRE SAFETY AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Section 10:44A-6.2 - Emergency evacuation plans
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:44A-6.2
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The licensee shall design an emergency evacuation plan for each residence, in accordance with the Uniform Fire Safety Act (N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq.), and the individual characteristics of the home.
1. The plan shall be further developed by
evaluating each individual's ability to evacuate the residence in three minutes
or less, according to the following risk factors:
i. The individual's ability to solve
problems;
ii. The individual's
compliance, including any behavioral factors that adversely affect the
individual's ability to evacuate; and
iii. Any medical factors, including physical
disabilities, which adversely affect the individual's ability to
evacuate.
2. The plan
shall incorporate the following elements:
i. A
general description of the building;
ii. Identification of all exits that lead
directly to the outside;
iii.
Identification of the point(s) of safety, a designated meeting spot at which
the occupants assemble after evacuating the premises;
iv. Any special needs that the service
recipients have and the assistance that will be necessary to help them evacuate
within three minutes, based upon the individual emergency evacuation
assessments; and
v. A single plan
of prioritized and sequential actions required to promptly evacuate everyone
from the building within three minutes.
(b) The emergency evacuation plan shall be reviewed at least annually and revised, as needed:
1. Within 72 hours of a new individual moving
into the residence, the return of a resident absent for more than 30 days, or
the discharge of a resident;
2.
Whenever the level of assistance required by the current occupants to evacuate
the residence changes; and
3.
Thirty days following an occupant's admission to a hospital or nursing
home.
(c) All individuals shall be able to evacuate the residence in less than three minutes.
(d) The licensee shall ensure that all staff persons assigned to a residence at any time have been trained in the emergency evacuation plan for that residence.
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