Inspection Reports for Washington Odd Fellows Home

The Office of the State Fire Marshal conducted a fire safety inspection at the Washington Odd Fellows Home (BH) facility on 10/27/2025.

Several fire safety code violations were identified, including failure to maintain required ceiling clearance around sprinkler heads and dry storage room doors not self-closing. All other inspected items such as electrical hazards, hold-open devices, sprinkler system maintenance, and emergency lighting tests were found to be corrected.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies related to resident rights and discharge.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies and confirmed that the facility met Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements. Previous deficiencies related to improper discharge of a resident to an unsafe location were corrected.

The complaint investigation found that the facility discharged a resident without proper reason to an unsafe location, specifically a homeless shelter unable to manage the resident's medical needs. The resident required medication management and assistance with activities of daily living. The facility failed to ensure a safe discharge and did not take back the resident when requested by shelter staff. The resident subsequently presented multiple times to the local emergency department.

The document confirms the facility administrator's written request to withdraw the Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) request for the Statement of Deficiencies dated November 25, 2024.

No inspection findings are reported as this is a notice of withdrawal of the IDR request; the IDR review was scheduled as a desk review on January 14, 2025 but was withdrawn.

The Department completed a follow-up inspection of the Assisted Living Facility to verify correction of previously cited deficiencies.

The follow-up inspection found no deficiencies and confirmed that the facility meets Assisted Living Facility licensing requirements. Previously cited deficiencies were corrected.

The investigation was conducted due to allegations that two unidentified people were caught on video monitoring in the identified resident's vacant home, raising concerns about unauthorized access and facility orientation.

The investigation found that the two individuals had not received facility orientation prior to having unsupervised access to residents. The facility failed to ensure that anyone with unsupervised access had received proper orientation, constituting a failed provider practice with citations written.

The complaint involved two unidentified people caught on video entering a resident's vacant home without proper facility orientation. The provider practice failure was substantiated with citations written.

The Office of the State Fire Marshal conducted an inspection at the Washington Odd Fellows Home facility to assess compliance with fire safety regulations.

The inspection revealed several violations including overdue annual inspection of fire doors, a fire sprinkler system overdue for 5-year testing, a new duct blocking sprinkler spray pattern, and lack of documentation for the annual service/test of the generator.

The letter confirms the facility's request for a document review Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) related to the Amended Statement of Deficiencies dated December 17, 2024, and schedules the IDR for January 14, 2025.

The document review IDR is to address disputed citations, specifically RCW 70.129.110/WAC 388-78A-2660, with no findings or inspection results presented in this letter.