Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs)

A Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan (PEEP) describes the arrangements that need to be put in place to ensure that a disabled person can get to a place of safety in case of emergency.

 

This guidance makes reference to 'disabled persons', but PEEPs may need to be developed for anyone who needs assistance to escape a BBC building or workplace in an emergency, for instance people whose mobility is permanently or temporarily impaired, the visually impaired, the deaf, the elderly and the very young.

 

Where a person who regularly uses BBC buildings might need assistance in escaping in an emergency and, when practical, where they make even short visits to a building, a PEEP must be developed and implemented.  

Each person, each building and workplace is different.  A PEEP which is adequate for one building or workplace is not necessarily suitable for another and this should be taken into account when developing the PEEP in line with the individuals work activities and movements.
 
To find out what your responsibilities are for the evacuation of people with disabilities and the PEEP process, see the Responsibilities Table.