Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (RPEEPs)
Date: 03/02/2026
Product type: Fire Control Guidance
Product area: Emergency call management: People at risk
Link: Calls from or about people at risk: Fire
Change request reference FCG CC 017 was approved by the NFCC Operational Preparedness, Response and Resilience Committee on 15 January 2026.
The changes impact on the following Fire Control Guidance components, and their associated training specifications:
Hazard – Calls from or about people at risk: Fire
Control Measure – Evacuation guidance: People at risk – building fire
Hazard – Calls from or about people at risk: Trapped in a building fire
Control Measure – Situational awareness: Fire survival guidance – building fire
Control Measure – Assist rescue of people at risk: Fire survival guidance – building fire
New Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 (RPEEPs) were laid before Parliament on 4 July 2025 and will come into force on 6 April 2026, under Article 24 of the Fire Safety Order (FSO) 2005. This change request delivers the required changes for England.
Please note that this change request has been published now to enable fire and rescue services to plan for implementation for when the regulations come into force in April 2026.