Hello, I work in a Leisure Centre (Gym, Swimming Pools, Cafés, Sports Hall etc) and was after a few pointers as regards PEEP's for our visitors. We have one or two regular members who I can sort out a PEEP for without too much fuss. However its the one off/occasional visitors which might be an issue. I guess there are two ways to do this: Have a generic PEEP for occasional visitors. Do a PEEP on the spot for any ad hoc visitor. Option two I think is problematic as it think it could cause issues such as embarrassment to individuals and poor quality assessments being done, though in truth I'm not happy with the first option either! Any advice would be welcomed as I've been getting a few mixed messages from some colleagues of what we need to do. Thanks Andy

Hi, Sorry, being thick here - "PEEP"? Just as an aside, might we adopt some type of protocol whereby when using acronymns we type it out in full the first time with the acronymn following in brackets. I know some are in very common usage but To Be Honest (TBH) some Three Letter Acronymns (TLA's) can be somewhat specialised or industry specific, Just a thought, Jim

You are right Jim, It's good etiquette. For the benefit of those who might not know, PEEP stands for 'Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan'

I'm not in the leisure industry, but I have recently reviewed our fire safety procedures in relation to vulnerable persons. We took advice from a fire safety consultant as well as benchmarked against our peers. For persons accessing the site out of our control (anyone that we don't employee, have details of, contractor with etc.) (in practice for us this is just "visitors") we have a set of standard (read generic) PEEPs. The Government guidance document on developing PEEPs is useful, specifically that it categorises the different types of needs that vulnerable persons may have. We designed a separate PEEP for each likely need that was appropriate to our business. These PEEPs were communicated to staff, laminated in a folder at reception and a standard sign stating that we operate PEEPs placed at reception. For any persons that your organisation knows is "vulnerable" and needs a PEEP (this will be employees but also more frequent visitors etc. if you can get their details in advance) a person specific PEEP should be conducted. This should be in consultation with the persons, as they will know what their needs are and how the plan should be developed. For the OPs situation, it may be a combination of the above, I'd certainly recommend having a set of standard PEEPs for the persons you cannot control (first time visitors etc.). Depending on business structure, persons specific PEEPs may also be relevant.

There may some usefull information on the attached link http://www.communities.g...iresafetyassessmentmeans We operate a number of retail outlets where if identified we put in place very specific PeeP's for our employees. however where we are dealing with the unknown IE: memebers of public we have a number of generic peeps these are all shared with the staff to assist memebers of public, however this is really only practicable with obviously visual impairments.