Disabled tenant & PEEP – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan – Help!

Disabled tenant & PEEP – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan – Help!

9:32 AM, 4th January 2024, About 6 months ago 15

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Hello, Can you help? A PEEP – a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan – has been requested by the management company for a tenanted flat. I own a 2 bed flat in a small 2000 block.

Ours in on the first floor, there are just 3 floors in total, brick built and no cladding.

The management company have recently undertaken a fire risk assessment and ‘noticed that our tenant is a wheelchair user’ while completing the assessment. Our tenant has been in residence for 5+ years, is a wheelchair user due to being a double amputee. She is happy in the flat and uses the lift for access.

We have received a demand from the management company stating that she needs a PEEP and that I should provide it.

I have Googled PEEP as it is new to me – the information I found is mainly related to workplaces and says that it needs to be undertaken by a ‘responsible person’. While I am responsible, I have no technical fire or disability knowledge, so have gone back to the management company suggesting that they undertake the PEEP. I have also spoken with the tenant, thinking that she might have access to a service providing this, but apparently not.

I use an ARLA letting agent, so I asked them to see if they could help – mainly for advice as to where the responsibility for undertaking the PEEP lies – but ARLA were not able to assist.

Can anyone tell me where does the responsibility of undertaking the PEEP lie? Is it with the subject of the PEEP (the tenant in this case), the landlord, or the owners of the building via the management company?

I assume there is legislation defining who is responsible for providing the plan, then who is responsible for implementing and paying for that plan – can someone tell me what that legislation is please?

Thank you,

Sue


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Claire Smith

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13:00 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 06/01/2024 - 10:44
We have been told that the walls in a mill conversion are not safe enough for a stay in place policy, which is good news really. I am a great believer in a 'get the hell out' policy, although would not enjoy getting down the many stairs with my arthritic knees!

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15:17 PM, 6th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Just an additional note, short term let’s such as holiday homes etc are not deemed as a residential dwelling and come under the full weight of the fire safety Act 2005, and anyone producing a fire risk assessment needs to be competent enough to produce a suitable and sufficient one. And for that u really need to understand the legislation and associated guidance and British standards. A breach of the order may lead to prosecution.

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7:26 AM, 8th January 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 06/01/2024 - 10:44The company is right that it is needed but whoever is the Responsible Person it is their duty to arrange it not the leaseholder's. It is part of the overall fire safety plan.

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7:34 AM, 8th January 2024, About 6 months ago

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/personal-emergency-evacuation-plans

The guidance only applies to high rise (that I can find) but it's clear that it is the responsible person as defined in your FRA who should do it. As you are on the first floor which is accessible by the fire brigade a simple risk assessment should suffice and be discussed with the occupant so they know what action to take. Likely it will be stay put and await rescue.

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