What the law requires
Since 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 have required the responsible person for every high-rise residential building – at least 18 metres high or with 7 or more storeys – to provide the fire and rescue service with information it can use in an emergency. In summary, you must:
- Install and maintain a secure information box on site, containing the responsible person's name and contact details and hard copies of the building and floor plans
- Prepare up-to-date floor plans and a single-page building plan showing key firefighting equipment, and send electronic copies to the local fire and rescue service
- Record the design and materials of the external walls, including the level of fire risk and any mitigation, and share it electronically with the fire service
- Check lifts and key firefighting equipment monthly, and report faults not fixed within 24 hours
- Install wayfinding signage that firefighters can read in low light or smoke
Since 6 April 2026, the building emergency evacuation plan required by the residential PEEPs regulations must also be shared with the fire service, with a copy placed in the secure information box where one is installed.
What we provide
We prepare the plans and records the regulations call for, in the formats your local fire and rescue service accepts. That usually means a site visit to confirm the as-built layout, measured or updated floor plans, a building plan showing firefighting equipment such as dry risers, firefighting lifts, smoke control and isolation points, and an external wall record drawn from your FRAEW or survey information.
We can also review an existing information box against the regulations and the industry code of practice, and set up a simple process for keeping the contents current when the building changes.
Keeping it up to date
The information is only useful if it's right on the night. Plans need updating after alterations, the external wall record after remediation, and the evacuation plan whenever arrangements change. We'll build the review dates into your fire safety management plan so nothing goes stale. See our guide to premises information box requirements.
What's included
- Site visit to confirm the as-built layout
- Floor plans for each storey
- Single-page building plan with firefighting equipment
- External wall record from FRAEW or survey data
- Responsible person contact sheet
- Secure information box contents check
- Digital files in the fire service's format
- Wayfinding signage review
- Monthly lift and equipment check templates
- Review schedule for updates
Fees
Fees depend on the number of storeys, whether accurate drawings already exist and whether an external wall record can be taken from an existing FRAEW. We'll confirm a fixed fee once we know what you hold – see the cost guide.
Where we work
Premises information box and plan packages are prepared for high-rise blocks across London, Slough and Berkshire.
Guides on this topic
- Residential PEEPs: what responsible persons must do since April 2026
- Is my building a higher-risk building?
- Premises information boxes and building plans: what high-rise blocks must have
Related services
- Fire Risk Assessments – for flats, HMOs, offices and commercial premises
- Building Safety Case Reports – for higher-risk residential buildings
- FRAEW Assessments (PAS 9980) – external wall fire risk appraisals to PAS 9980:2026