Districts may utilize the Public Safety Drills app to internally store, track and share their public safety drill reports, audits and logs. This article covers the public safety drill requirements for the State of Michigan.
✏️ Note: Michigan Public Act 12 of 2014 outlines the Public Safety Drill requirements for all K-12 schools within the state. A copy of Public Act 12 is available for reference in the Munetrix Resources under the Documents section or you can copy the link (below)
in your internet browser. https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2013-2014/publicact/pdf/2014-PA-0012.pdf
The following table outlines the minimum safety drill requirements for all K-12 schools.
| Drill Type | Minimum Number of Drills | Additional Requirements |
| Fire Drills | 5 |
3 drills scheduled before December 1st |
| Tornado Drills | 2 |
1 drill scheduled during March |
| Lockdown Drills | 3 |
1 drill scheduled before December 1st |
| Outside of Classroom Instruction* | 1 | At least one of the above scheduled drills must be conducting during lunch, recess, hall passing times, arrival/dismissal or other times where students are not in the classroom. |
| Cardiac Response Drills** (MI Heart Safe Schools) |
1 | Schools who register as a Michigan Heart Safe School must perform one cardiac emergency response drill per year. |
*This may be applied to an existing fire drill, tornado drill or lockdown drill.
**This only applies to MI Heart Safe Schools.
- September 15th – District/School administrators must provide a list of scheduled drills to the County Emergency Management Coordinator
- Within 30 days of completing a drill – documentation of the drill completion must be posted to the district website and must be maintained up to 3 years.