R432-270-26(2)
Coordinate before the emergency
The plan is developed with state and local emergency authorities. Ask which local agencies and prearranged relocation sites are part of the community's current plan.
Free Utah family research guide
Utah assisted-living emergency preparedness and evacuation: what families can ask
Emergencies make a community's written plan matter. Utah's R432-270-26 explains the planning categories a licensed assisted-living facility must address; this guide turns those categories into current, person-specific questions without claiming that a rule proves a community's readiness.
Official Utah sources linkedNo safety score or opening claimReviewed August 24, 2026
Start with the right expectation
A plan is a starting point, not a live evacuation result
Haven does not inspect emergency plans, receive incident details, determine whether a person can evacuate, or promise that a community is prepared. For an immediate danger, call 911. For a move or tour, ask the exact community for current written answers and keep medical, legal, and emergency decisions with the appropriate professionals.
Primary source first
What Utah's disaster-planning rule says
R432-270-26 says the licensee and administrator are responsible for developing and coordinating a plan with state and local emergency authorities. The plan must address resident protection or evacuation, staff assignments, transport to a safe place, additional help and supplies, and delivery of essential care when conditions or staffing change. The current DLBC checklist was revised May 20, 2026; read the official text for the precise requirement rather than treating this summary as a legal interpretation.
R432-270-26(3)
Protect, evacuate, and transport
The rule addresses protecting or evacuating residents, assigning personnel, and moving residents and staff to a safe place inside the facility or elsewhere.
R432-270-26(3)
Keep essential care going
The plan addresses alternate ways to deliver essential care, supplies, equipment, and services when additional people are housed or personnel are reduced.
Historical Salt Lake County evidence
What emergency-planning subjects appear in the public findings?
In Haven's checked-in Salt Lake County DLBC snapshot, retrieved August 23, 2026, an exact-label topic map found 5 license records and 14 historical finding rows. Of those, 5carry Utah's exact historical REPEAT_CITED category. Inspection-year finding counts: 2025: 9 · 2024: 5.
- License records
- 5
- Historical findings
- 14
- Repeat-cited rows
- 5
Exact source labels included (5)
- Emergency and Disaster Response Plan
- Emergency Evacuation Plan
- Emergency Supplies
- Instruction & training for emergencies
- Plans with emergency disaster authorities
These are historical rows from reviewed Salt Lake County license records—not statewide rates, rankings, emergency-readiness or severity ratings, current-compliance findings, proof of harm, or person-specific care-fit evidence. The topic groups exact regulator rule-description labels; it does not establish present preparedness or say every row describes the same conditions. One license record can contain multiple rows across multiple inspections. Read the full finding text and official record before drawing a conclusion about any community.
A tour-ready checklist
Questions that make a general rule useful
Ask for a current answer about the person, not a reassuring slogan. Families can write down the response for their own records; Haven does not collect or review those private details.
- 1
Where would residents go if the building must be evacuated?
Ask for the primary and backup destinations, transportation plan, accessibility arrangements, and how a family is told about a relocation.
- 2
How are medications, records, and essential supplies moved?
Ask who maintains the current list, how records travel with the resident, and how the community handles refrigeration, oxygen, mobility equipment, and other needs.
- 3
What happens when staffing is reduced?
Ask how direct care, meals, supervision, and communication continue if staff cannot reach the building or additional residents need help.
- 4
How does the plan account for this resident's evacuation assistance?
Ask the community and care team to explain the actual process for mobility, cognition, communication, sensory, or behavioral support. Do not infer an answer from a license label.
Keep the next step source-specific
Official starting points: Utah health-facility rules, the DLBC provider portal, and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. These links are for independent research; Haven does not receive emergency reports or private documents.
Source note: reviewed August 24, 2026; rule and checklist references are linked above. This is general information, not legal, medical, emergency, placement, or referral advice. Do not send Haven diagnoses, incident histories, evacuation plans, or other private information.