Residential Evacuation Compliance Support
Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025
Effective from April 2026
Residential Evacuation Duties – What’s Changing?
From April 2026, new fire safety regulations will place additional duties on Responsible Persons for certain residential buildings in England.
These duties focus on how residents who may have difficulty evacuating independently are considered within the fire risk assessment process and how evacuation information is documented and reviewed.
Responsible Persons must be able to evidence proportionate, documented consideration of evacuation risk at resident level.
Who This Applies To
This service is relevant to:
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Managing agents
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Housing associations
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Freeholders
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Residential landlords
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Responsible Persons for blocks of flats and residential buildings with shared escape routes
EVENKEEL Residential Evacuation Compliance Services
Residential Evacuation Readiness Reviews
A structured review of your existing arrangements against the 2025 Regulations, including:
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Fire Risk Assessment review
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Evacuation strategy review
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Management and documentation checks
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Clear gap analysis and prioritised actions
Ideal for organisations preparing ahead of April 2026.
Person-Centred Fire Risk Assessments (PCFRAs)
Resident-focused fire risk assessments that consider a resident’s ability to respond to a fire emergency, carried out only with voluntary participation.
PCFRAs:
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Align with your existing Fire Risk Assessment
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Do not involve medical or care assessments
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Do not rely on guaranteed assistance
They provide defensible evidence that evacuation risk has been considered proportionately.
Emergency Evacuation Statements
Where residents choose to participate, we prepare clear, plain-English evacuation information based on the outcomes of the PCFRA.
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Participation is voluntary
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Consent is recorded in writing
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Information is shared with Fire & Rescue Service only where consent is given
Evacuation Strategy Alignment Reviews
A review of existing evacuation strategies to confirm alignment with:
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The Fire Risk Assessment
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Management arrangements
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Resident evacuation information
This service does not involve the design or re-engineering of fire evacuation strategies.
What This Service Is Not
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Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs)
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Mandatory resident participation
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Medical, care or occupational assessments
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Fire strategy design beyond Tier 1 fire risk assessor competence
Our Approach
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Risk-based and proportionate
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Aligned with PAS 79 principles and existing FRAs
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Clear audit trails and document control
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Explicit consent and data-protection safeguards
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Delivered strictly within assessed competence
Where matters fall outside Tier 1 competence, clear escalation to specialist support is recommended.