What is a fire escape plan?
Understand what a displayed fire escape plan does and how it differs from a fire risk assessment and emergency plan.
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Clear answers.
Better-informed plans.
Practical guidance to help you prepare, check and maintain a useful fire escape diagram.
These guides focus on England. They provide general information, not legal advice or a fire risk assessment. Check the requirements and arrangements for your own premises.
Which businesses need fire escape plans?
Fire safety duties for hotels, venues and businesses, and the distinction between emergency planning and displaying a floor-plan diagram.
Read guide →The legal framework for fire escape plans
An England-first overview of fire-safety responsibilities, recording requirements and the limits of a displayed escape diagram.
Read guide →What should a fire escape plan include?
A practical diagram checklist: floor identification, routes, exits, location markers, symbols, instructions and revision details.
Read guide →Fire escape plans for hotels and guest accommodation
Prepare clear hotel escape plans and check master floor plans, blue location stickers, orientation and printed copies.
Read guide →Fire escape plans for event venues and function rooms
Show escape information in conference rooms and event venues, with practical advice for changing layouts and coordinated instructions.
Read guide →Accessible evacuation information
Consider how people receive and use escape information, including readable plans, assistance arrangements and personal needs.
Read guide →Checking, printing and updating your fire escape plan
Check a drawing, print portrait copies, place blue location stickers and manage revisions with this practical workflow.
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