Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs)

🧯 PEEP Assessments & Documentation for Businesses Across Bedfordshire, The Home Counties & London

🛡️ Ensuring that everyone can evacuate a building safely in the event of a fire or other emergency is a fundamental duty for any responsible business. For occupants who may not be able to self-evacuate unaided, a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) is essential.

Kings Fire provides professional PEEP assessments and fully documented PEEP plans for employers, building managers, landlords, and duty holders. Our PEEP services are designed to integrate seamlessly with your existing fire risk assessment, ensuring compliance, clarity, and real-world practicality.

📄 What Is a PEEP?

👤 A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) is a written, individual plan that details how a specific person will be safely evacuated from a building during an emergency.

PEEPs are typically required for individuals who may face difficulties evacuating independently, including those with:

• Mobility impairments
• Sensory impairments (hearing or visual)
• Cognitive or neurological conditions
• Temporary impairments (e.g. injury, pregnancy, short-term illness)
• Any condition that could affect response or movement in an emergency

Each PEEP is tailored to the individual, the building layout, and the level of assistance required.

⚠️ Why Are PEEPs Important?

🚨 PEEPs are not simply paperwork; they are a critical life-safety measure. Without a clear evacuation plan in place, vulnerable occupants may be placed at serious risk during an emergency.

A properly prepared PEEP helps to:

• Ensure safe and timely evacuation for all occupants

• Clarify roles and responsibilities during an emergency

• Reduce confusion and panic

• Support staff training and emergency drills

• Demonstrate compliance with fire safety legislation

⚖️ Do You Have a Legal Duty to Have PEEPs?

📘 Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the Responsible Person must take reasonable steps to ensure the safety of all relevant persons.

This includes:

• Identifying individuals at increased risk

• Implementing appropriate emergency procedures

• Providing suitable information, instruction, and training

Where a person cannot evacuate independently, a PEEP is widely regarded as the appropriate and expected control measure. Enforcing authorities regularly look for evidence that PEEPs have been considered and implemented where required.

📝 Our PEEP Assessment & Documentation Service

✅ Kings Fire provides a structured, professional approach to PEEP creation, ensuring plans are realistic, compliant, and workable in practice.

Our service includes:

• Review of your existing fire risk assessment

• Assessment of the individual's specific needs

• Evaluation of building layout, escape routes, and refuges

• Consideration of evacuation aids (e.g. evac chairs, assistance strategies)

• Clear identification of staff responsibilities

• Creation of a written PEEP document suitable for audit and inspection

Where required, we can also advise on equipment, signage, staff training, and procedural improvements to support the PEEP.

🔗 PEEPs as Part of Your Fire Risk Assessment

🔍 PEEPs should not exist in isolation. They form a vital part of your wider fire safety management system.

We regularly produce PEEPs:

• Alongside new or reviewed fire risk assessments

• Following changes to staff, occupants, or building use

• After refurbishment or layout changes

• In response to enforcing authority recommendations

If you already use Kings Fire for your fire risk assessment, we can ensure your PEEP documentation aligns fully with your existing findings and recommendations.

🏢 Who We Provide PEEPs For

🏭 We prepare PEEPs for a wide range of sectors, including:

• Offices and commercial premises

• Schools, colleges, and education settings

• Care homes and supported living

• Industrial and logistics facilities

• Retail and hospitality venues

• Residential blocks and managed properties

Whether you require a single PEEP or multiple plans across a site, we can scale our service to suit your organisation.

⭐ Why Choose Kings Fire?

• BAFE-accredited fire protection company

• Qualified fire risk assessors and experienced fire safety professionals

• Practical, site-specific advice — not generic templates

• Clear, audit-ready documentation

• Local coverage across Bedfordshire, the Home Counties & London

• All key services carried out by Kings Fire employees, no subcontractors

Our focus is always on real-world safety, compliance, and clarity, ensuring your PEEPs are workable in an emergency, not just compliant on paper.

📞 Arrange a PEEP Assessment

📌 If you have employees, residents, or regular occupants who may need assistance during an emergency, a PEEP assessment is essential.

• Contact us via our online enquiry form

• Call our friendly fire safety team for expert advice on 01462 337037

• Prefer an in-person consultation? We're happy to offer a free site visit to discuss your PEEP assessment requirements

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