Recent events have clearly highlighted the responsibilities of a building’s ‘Responsible Person’ in terms of fire regulations and part of this responsibility includes the requirement to conduct a fire risk assessment. However, apart from stating that an assessment must be carried out, the Fire Safety Regulations of 2005 contain no set standards as to how fire safety assessments should be completed and nor is there any requirement to use a specialist fire assessor. if you are responsible for fire safety in a building, what are the implications of undertaking the fire risk assessment yourself?