From 6th April 2026, the Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 will require Responsible Persons to identify residents who may need help evacuating in a fire and to take steps to support them. The Regulations introduce Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (Residential PEEPs)
The MHCLG has released an updated version of Approved Document B (Fire safety) for both Volume 1 (Dwellings) and Volume 2 (Buildings other than dwellings) of the Building Regulations.
The MHCLG announced a step-change in addressing the building safety crisis through the publication of its eagerly-awaited and ambitious Remediation Acceleration Plan.
UK Cross Safety Alert drawing attention to the safety risks associated with preventing the operation of smoke vents, in particular Automatic Opening Vents (AOVs), by construction works on existing buildings.
Latest guidance fromn the NFCC on E-bikes and e-scooters fire safety
Statement from The Property Institute, marking the seventh anniversary of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, calling on the next Government to urgently remediate unsafe buildings.
4th Quarterly Fire Safety Reform Bulletin form the Home Office Fire Safey Unit
If you own, manage or operate a business, you need to comply with fire safety law. The main law is the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or "the Fire Safety Order". It applies across England and Wales and came into force on 1 October 2006.
This guidance is intended to assist those with duties under the Fire Safety (England) Regulations to comply with regulation 10, which makes requirements about fire doors in all buildings that contain two or more domestic premises and that contain common parts, through which residents would need to evacuate in a fire.
Fire door checklist template, provided by Home Office