The current situation is that older adults (65+) represent 12% of our community. This is predicted to increase to approximately 25% in 30 years. Older adults are a vulnerable part of our community with high fire risk resulting in a disproportionate representation in fire casualties. Older adults fall into the lower percentiles of the parameters describing emergency egress of the general population such as mobility, sensory deprivation, cognitive response etc, therefore reducing the likelihood of successful escape. Therefore guidance on the differences between design for residential buildings intended for the primary use of older people compared to a „general population‟ occupancy is needed immediately. The main focus of this report is discussion of what differences there would be in residential fire safety design to account buildings that are targeted to older segments of our community compared to general residential buildings, where there is a wider distribution of ages of the intended occupancy.