Fire safety guidance documents
To find fire safety guidance documents from the UK Government, please follow this link. You will find specific business fire safety pages below. Please contact Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service if you need assistance.
Residential personal emergency evacuation plans Residential (PEEPs)
Due to the introduction of Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025, coming into force on Monday 6th April 2026, there is a new initiative to improve the fire safety and evacuation of residents of specified residential buildings in England, for those who would have difficulties evacuating the residential building by themselves in the event of a fire.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
- Building regulations consultations
- Business continuity
- Business Fire Safety Checks
- Cost of living for businesses
- How we enforce the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- Multiple occupancy and high-rise buildings
- Licencing Act
- Our Response to Automatic Fire Alarms
- Preventing False Alarms
- Primary Authority Scheme
- Recent Changes To Fire Safety Law – What This Means For You
- Report A Commercial Building Safety Concern
- High Rise Buildings - Reporting Defects, Submit Building Floor Plans And External Wall Information
- Secure Information Box Requirements
- Understanding your business fire safety check results
- Your Duties As A Responsible Person And Fire Safety Guidance
- Fire Safety Advice
- Protecting your Business from Wildfires
- Heritage and historical buildings
