Fire risk assessment can be done by any responsible person who even does not have much of experience in handing situations like fire accidents. Buildings which have arrangements for small fire accidents can be assessed by any responsible person having little or no experience of handling a fire accident. But for bigger buildings having complex systems installed for preventing fires and accidents requires a well trained person who has a lot of experience in handling situations like a fire accident. Building owners and companies who have their offices in these big buildings with complex systems for fire prevention hires trained persons for the assessment of the risk of a fire accident.

Some countries have passed a legislation stating that it is the responsibility of the employers of a building to make sure that there is someone present in the building that takes care of all the risk assessment required in order to take control of the situations like an accident or any other mishap. It is their responsibility that these provisions must also concern about the safety measures that must be applied to the inhabitants of the building in the case of an accident. The responsible person making provisions for the risk assessment must update these provisions with time to time so that the building is up to date to any dangers that may cause any accident or a mishap.

If the provisions made by the responsible person are no longer valid then he must change them on the spot at all costs so that there is no risk to people's lives who work in that particular building. If in case the building is being expanded or repaired, then all the fire safety equipments must be updated and reinstalled so that the risk is assessed effectively by the person. The maintenance and management of the fire security equipments and their provisions in a must in every building whether large or small. He must identify the risks that would cause an accident and make provisions to cover them up and install proper safety equipment in order to prevent any mishap. He must also create a safe passage so that in case of fire everyone must be evacuated in time. Fire risk assessment is a must for every building.