Every high-rise residential building in England is now legally required to have a personal evacuation plan for every resident who needs one — reviewed monthly, available to the fire service, and properly documented. EvacPlan makes it simple.
If you manage or work in a residential building — a care home, a housing block, a retirement complex — the law now requires three things to be in place and kept up to date. Here's what they are in plain English.
If anyone in your building has a disability, mobility issue, or any condition that affects how they'd evacuate — they must have a written, reviewed plan. Who helps them. Which route they take. Where they wait. EvacPlan stores all of this, reminds you when reviews are due, and logs every change.
This is the plan for everyone — not just those with specific needs. It maps escape routes, identifies fire wardens and their zones, marks refuge areas, and shows where residents gather outside. EvacPlan displays this over your actual floor plan so wardens always know exactly what to do.
Fire services need to know exactly where fire doors, suppression systems and detection zones are before they enter your building. EvacPlan maps all of this on your floor plan, tracks inspection dates, and exports a PDF ready to go in your building's information box — exactly as the law requires.
Not the budget holder? No problem. Get in touch and we'll send you a ready-made briefing pack — written for directors and finance teams, not compliance specialists. It covers the legal requirement, the risk of non-compliance, what EvacPlan does, and what it costs. Everything you need to get a yes.
If you're responsible for a residential building — as a care home manager, housing officer, facilities manager or property agent — this applies to you directly. Non-compliance isn't a fine you can absorb. It carries unlimited penalties and up to two years in prison for the responsible person.
A personal evacuation plan for every resident who needs help leaving. A general evacuation plan for everyone. Fire zone records showing compartments and equipment — all kept current.
All high-rise residential buildings in England — 18 metres or 7 storeys or more. Care homes, housing associations, private blocks, retirement complexes. Also strongly recommended for all residential buildings post-Grenfell.
A copy of your evacuation plan must go to your local fire authority and into your building's information box — in a format firefighters can use on arrival. EvacPlan generates this for you automatically.
Plans must be reviewed monthly and whenever a resident's situation changes. EvacPlan sends automatic overdue alerts and keeps a complete, timestamped audit trail — exactly what an inspector will ask for.
EvacPlan puts your actual floor plan on screen and colour-codes every apartment, route and zone — so anyone on your team can see what's in place, what's overdue, and what needs attention. No spreadsheets. No paperwork. Just tap.
Every apartment colour-coded by status. Select any unit to view the full PEEP — mobility notes, evacuation route, assistance required, next of kin, consent. Update in seconds. Every change audit-logged.
Fire compartments drawn as zones over the plan. Suppression systems, detection type, FD panel references, inspection dates and certificates — all visible, editable, and exportable for fire services.
Evacuation routes, warden zones and posts, disabled refuge areas, and assembly point — all on the plan. Warden coverage gaps flagged instantly. Full manager editing and warden mobile view.
Most systems expect you to build everything from scratch. EvacPlan is different — we survey your building, build your floor plan, and configure everything before you log in for the first time.
Ommateum conducts a LiDAR precision survey. Your floor plans are generated to millimetre accuracy and loaded directly into EvacPlan.
Apartment numbers, fire zones, warden posts and refuge areas are pre-populated from your survey. Nothing to draw or set up from scratch.
Managers, wardens and fire services each get role-appropriate access. Works on any device — tap any apartment to view or update.
Monthly overdue alerts, warden gap warnings, drill reminders. EvacPlan keeps you ahead of the regulations, always.
Most evacuation software asks you to upload CAD files or draw floor plans yourself. We're different. Ommateum provides a precision, LiDAR-accurate digital floor plan — ready to use on day one.
No other provider can offer this. It's the difference between a paper copy and a fully managed digital service.
Full building scan — typically half a day. Millimetre-accurate room geometry captured for every floor.
Point cloud processed into clean floor plan geometry. Every room, corridor, stairwell and refuge area.
Plans loaded, apartments numbered, zones mapped, user accounts created, system tested.
30-minute walkthrough for building managers and wardens. Simple enough that training is rarely needed twice.
Of the 37 disabled residents in Grenfell Tower, 15 lost their lives. Every one of them deserved a plan. Every building needs one now.
Grenfell Tower Inquiry — Phase 2 Report · The case for mandatory PEEP
All plans include PEEP, GEEP and Fire Zone management. All prices exclude VAT. No hidden fees.
All prices exclude VAT · Per property per year · No per-user fees · 30-day free trial, no card required · Monthly option spreads annual fee over 10 equal payments
Full edit access to PEEP, GEEP and fire zones. Review alerts, update records, generate reports.
Oversees multiple properties. Portfolio view, cross-building compliance status at a glance.
View all three plan layers. Their zone, their residents, their evacuation route — on any device.
Read-only access to all layers. PEEP status and fire zone data before or during a call-out.
View records and full audit trail. Suitable for compliance inspectors and insurers.
Your account is created instantly. No card required. We'll set up your floor plan and have your system ready within 48 hours. The regulations are already in force — the sooner you start, the sooner you're covered.
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