Emergency Voice Communication (EVC) systems provide a vital communication link between building occupants and emergency responders during fire and other emergency situations. They are a critical life safety system, supporting safe evacuation, assisted rescue, and effective coordination in buildings where voice communication is essential.
Lil Fire delivers specialist EVC system services that combine technical expertise, practical experience, and modern digital delivery. We support projects from early strategy through to detailed design, coordination, and construction support, ensuring systems are compliant, reliable, and fully integrated with the wider fire and life safety strategy.
Lil Fire provides technical management and oversight to support the successful delivery of EVC systems throughout the project lifecycle. We work closely with clients, design teams, approving authorities, and contractors to ensure EVC system objectives, performance requirements, and interfaces are clearly defined and effectively managed.
Our involvement typically includes oversight of EVC strategy, coordination of design responsibilities, review of technical proposals, and support during installation, commissioning, and handover. This structured approach helps manage risk, avoid late stage changes, and ensure systems are delivered in line with project requirements and recognised best practice.
Our EVC design services support both new build and existing buildings and range from early concept development through to detailed coordinated design. We focus on developing EVC solutions that provide reliable, clear, and resilient communication under emergency conditions.
Design development considers refuge provision, system zoning, handset and outstation locations, cable routing and protection, power supplies, fault monitoring, and system resilience. Our designers work using Autodesk Revit, producing coordinated 3D BIM models that support spatial coordination and clear integration with other life safety systems.
Digital delivery supports early identification of coordination challenges and helps ensure systems are practical to install, maintain, and operate.
Lil Fire provides independent EVC consultancy to support informed decision making and technical assurance. We advise on system suitability, feasibility, compliance, and integration with evacuation and fire strategies, particularly where assisted evacuation or phased evacuation approaches are required.
Our consultancy services are commonly used on projects involving complex building layouts, higher risk occupancies, accessibility considerations, or enhanced life safety requirements. We provide clear, practical advice that balances compliance, reliability, constructability, and commercial considerations.
Lil Fire is familiar with and experienced in working to a wide range of recognised national and international standards and guidance applicable to emergency voice communication systems. Our experience includes UK, European, and international codes of practice, as well as project specific and stakeholder driven requirements.
This breadth of knowledge allows us to support projects involving complex evacuation strategies, international stakeholders, and varying regulatory expectations, ensuring EVC systems are robust, compliant, and defensible.
We have experience across a wide range of EVC system configurations and applications, including:
This experience allows us to advise on the most appropriate EVC solution based on building use, occupancy, evacuation strategy, and operational requirements.
Lil Fire supports businesses, developers, and building owners by providing clear and reliable EVC system solutions that protect life and support safe evacuation and emergency response. We help organisations achieve compliance with applicable fire safety and accessibility requirements while meeting stakeholder and insurer expectations.
Our role is to reduce technical uncertainty, support effective assisted evacuation strategies, and deliver systems that provide confidence in communication reliability and performance.
Lil Fire is recognised for its expertise in emergency voice communication systems, built on many years of senior level industry experience and involvement in a wide range of technically demanding projects. Our team has supported EVC installations in environments where reliability, resilience, and clarity of communication are critical to life safety.
This depth of experience allows us to deliver practical, well coordinated, and technically robust EVC system solutions that clients can rely on.
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Showcasing 25 Years of Industry Experience
Lil Fire has demonstrated a strong understanding of industry standards and best practices. Their consultancy, & BIM design services have been of a high standard, and their approach to collaboration, technical knowledge, and project delivery has been exemplary.
Lil Fire delivered exceptional work on our internal Autodesk Revit Template, and provide continuous design support on our Data Centre projects. Their designs for the Gas Suppression, Low Pressure Water Mist, and Sprinkler systems were accurate, efficient, & compliant.
The quality and output of work from Lil Fire is phenomenal, and we have absolutely no complaints. Their delivery has been consistently precise, reliable, and far exceeding our expectations. Thank you for this, it is a vast improvement over the output we received from previous subcontractors.
