Home Inspection

Foster Family Homes and Group Day-Care Homes Self Evaluation Checklists

Those of you who are needing fire inspections of the home for foster care or adoption purposes, may be required to have a fire inspection of your home as part of the process. The Allen Fire Department has adopted the Texas State Fire Marshal's Office policy on these type of inspections. This policy allows the family to perform a self evaluation by using a checklist provided by the State Fire Marshal's Office. It is very important for the family to be honest on these forms for these inspections are for you and your child's safety.

These checklists are provided to assist the foster family home operator and group day care home operator in maintaining a fire safe environment. The checklists are based on the requirements of the State Fire Marshal rule for fire safety inspection as adopted from the National Fire Protection Association Life Safety Code 101; 2000 edition.

Additional fire safety information is provided for your use. Please download the appropriate self evaluation and additional information. Read all information and instructions and perform the evaluation.

These checklists and information sheets are in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view and print PDF files, the Adobe Acrobat® Reader must be installed on your computer. If not you will need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat® Reader, which is available at no cost in formats suitable for most PCs. Go to the Adobe Acrobat® Site where you will be able to download the latest version of this utility before proceeding.

Foster Family Homes Self-Evaluation Checklist
in PDF format.
in Microsoft Word.

Group Day-Care Homes Self-Evaluation Checklist
in PDF format.
in Microsoft Word.

Get Out Now!
Preparing A Home Fire Escape Plan
in PDF format.
in Microsoft Word.

How Fire Safe Is Your Home?
in PDF Format.
in Microsoft Word.

Is Your Smoke Detector Protecting You?
in PDF Format.
in Microsoft Word.

Home Heater Safety
in PDF Format.
in Microsoft.