P1-7 Response Accepted Self-assessed

Equip fire services to receive electronic plans

Recommendation

All fire and rescue services be equipped to receive and store electronic plans and to make them available to incident commanders and control room managers.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to the available evidence, all fire and rescue services across England have reported being equipped to receive and store electronic plans, which can be made available to incident commanders and control room managers. According to the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), the completion of this recommendation for all services was confirmed in an October 2023 survey. According to the available evidence, for the London Fire Brigade, this capability is incorporated into its One Risk solution.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
England
Section Reference
33.12c
Response
Accepted
Accepted UK Government
21 Jan 2020

The government accepted in principle all the Phase 1 recommendations directed at central government. The Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick presented the formal response to Parliament on 21 January 2020, committing to swift and decisive action including new duties on building owners and managers to provide information to fire and rescue services, install premises information boxes, conduct regular inspections of lifts and fire doors, and equip buildings with evacuation signal facilities. The government stated it had already taken action in advance of the report and was actively looking beyond the remit of these recommendations.

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Progress Timeline
Official Report
26 Feb 2025

Status for fire and rescue services: complete. Every service reported they are equipped to receive and store electronic plans. The NFCC confirmed all services have completed this recommendation in the October 2023 survey. Status for London Fire Brigade: complete, incorporated into the One Risk solution.

Source
Source
Inquiry Grenfell Tower Inquiry
Report Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report 30 Oct 2019
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Responsible Bodies
National Fire Chiefs Council Primary
Themes & Tags
Emergency responder equipment training Incident commander communication training Building Information Equipment
Recommendation age 6.4 yrs
Last formal update 391 days ago