Director's Guide
Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning

Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning

Updated on:
08 August 2025

From 6th April 2026, Responsible Person(s) must:

  • Take steps to identify residents who need Residential PEEPs;
  • Conduct a person-centered risk assessment;
  • Produce an emergency evacuation statement of what the resident should do in the event of a fire;
  • Inform the Fire & Rescue service of the plan in case they need to undertake evacuation (but only if the resident explicitly agrees to that information being shared)
  • Perform ongoing reviews of the person-centered fire risk assessment/emergency evacuation statement, and the building's emergency evacuation plans.

The legislation around residential PEEPs is changing. Jennings & Barrett's current process for accomodating the need for a PEEP is as follows for all high-rise residential units: 

  • Leaseholders and residents are invited to complete Resident Profile Surveys, which ask them to declare any possible need for a PEEP or an alternative method of communication of fire procedures.
  • Where there is an indication that a PEEP may be necessary, a member of the Operations Team will follow up with that person to confirm that a PEEP is an appropriate step.
    • Where the PEEP is deemed to not be necessary, the resident is requested to recomplete their profile survey and remove this request.
    • Where a potential PEEP need is identified, the resident is asked to complete a follow up questionnaire, either over the phone or via a webform, to provide more details about their needs.
      • All residents completing this questionnaire will be referred to their local fire services' "home safety check" online tool.
      • If needed, we will arrange for their local fire service to attend the property alongside a J&B staff member with the appropriate skills in order to perform a person-centred risk assessment and begin the process of understanding their needs in regards to a PEEP.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/residential-personal-emergency-evacuation-plans-residential-peeps/residential-peeps-factsheet?

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