Establishing strategic fire management systems and planning for Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025

Dates

18th March 2026

Time

18:00 - 19:00 ((GMT+00:00))

Location

Online

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Overview

A session that will explore strategic fire risk management systems, challenge approaches to ensuring a person-centred approach and to explore the upcoming regulations relating to residential evacuation plans.

The webinar is aiming at senior leaders and managers within the residential property sector and brings together both social and commercial sector learning. The session may also be useful for:

Building Safety Teams
Asset Management/Compliance Teams
Fire engineers and fire surveyors
Building Control Teams
Accountable and Principal Accountable Persons
Repairs and Maintenance Teams
Construction and Design Teams
Health and Safety Professionals
Fire and Rescue Services
Housing Teams
Tenant / Resident Engagement Teams
Private Sector Landlords
Local Authorities

Key learning objectives are to:

Enable Strategic fire risk management across the building lifecycle

Encourage holistic fire risk management and culture change

Ensure collaboration and communication are a key enabler

Explore why competence management is important

Empower a person-centred approach to safe evacuation

Speaker

Andy Frankum, Chair of the National Social Housing Fire Strategy Group

Andy has been working in the charitable social housing sector for the last 17 years and prior to that in the logistics sector. Andy chairs the National Social Housing Fire Strategy group which represents over 225+ member organisations across the social housing sector in England and Wales. Andy was named #4 global influencer in the 2021 Fire Safety Global Influencers list.

Andy works closely with the social housing sector, construction and fire safety sectors and is passionate about ensuring that effective fire safety practices including competence is well understood and enhanced, whilst working strategically to monitor change, improve industry competence and processes and to promote standards and guidance.

The aim is to drive consistency across the sector to encourage safer outcomes, which in turn will enable residents and their families to have a safe place to call home.

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