Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025
Effective from April 2026
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If you manage or are responsible for residential buildings and want to understand how the Regulations affect you, we can carry out an initial readiness review and advise on proportionate next steps.
Contact Evenkeel to discuss residential evacuation compliance support.
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 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.
Why Act Now?
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April 2026 is a fixed compliance date
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Many current FRAs do not address resident-level evacuation considerations
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Early reviews reduce enforcement, liability and reputational risk