Everyone who enters a building must be able to leave it safely in an emergency and assemble at a place of safety. People with disabilities may need some arrangements in place to make use of evacuation equipment or have assistance to help them in emergencies. These arrangements must be described and communicated to those involved in a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan, also known as a PEEP.

It is important to understand that it is not the responsibility of the fire brigade to assist disabled people to evacuate in an emergency. Therefore managers, or hosts with responsibility for disabled people, must make adequate provision to assist them to evacuate safely and document it in a PEEP.