Posted By shaun mckeever On the request of a client I have recently reviewed a fire risk assessment submitted by one of his tenants. I am alarmed by the extremely poor standard of the assessment and, whilst it is only my opinion, it would not stand up to scrutiny as being 'suitable and sufficient'. The assessor did not understand the contents of the fire certificate and the duties required under it, he did not identify how many people were being consisdered in his risk assessment, whether the floors were above ground or below ground, no action plan even though hazards had been identified, no review date - the list is endless. I was even more surprised to find that the assessor is RSP. I read in the latest SHP that a risk assessor was prosecuted for failing to identify hazards. Surely we must all acknowledge what we are good at and stick to it. If you don't know a particular field then please get advice from someone who does. You should know this if you are an RSP.

Posted By shaun mckeever The point was Merv, that an RSP did not know it! He carried out a wholly inadequate fire risk assessment. It was embarassing for him when the building manager asked him for a more appropriate risk assessment and it does not do our profession any good because others would question the validity of having RSP after your name.