(a) The facility must be served by a paid or volunteer fire department. The fire department must provide written assurance to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission that the fire department can respond to an emergency at the facility.
(b) Water supply for firefighting purposes must be as required and approved by the firefighting unit.
(c) The facility must have an annual inspection by the local fire marshal.

Source Note: The provisions of this §551.63 adopted to be effective July 1, 1996, 21 TexReg 5328; amended to be effective May 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 3557; transferred effective May 1, 2019, as published in the Texas Register April 12, 2019, 44 TexReg 1883; amended to be effective February 24, 2022, 47 TexReg 787