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Ron Alalouff

Freelance journalist

Ron Alalouff is a journalist specialising in the fire and security markets, and a former editor of websites and magazines in the same fields.

Articles by this author

‘Inadequate compartmentation’ revealed as reason behind Leeds student accommodation fire safety prohibition notices

Leaseholders win almost £200,000 combustible balcony remediation costs under Building Safety Act

Grenfell: System Failure – A review… “The culpability for what happened must be a collective one”

Residents forced to leave waterside apartment block in Ipswich with cladding ‘more flammable’ than Grenfell Tower

Government action urged as new figures show surge in lithium-ion battery fires

Laser detection challenges camera based analytics for surveillance and people tracking applications

Bristol City Council to spend £96 million on fire safety measures including sprinklers in all its tower blocks

Fire at £1bn pharmaceutical AstraZeneca global R&D facility leaves many questions unanswered

Inadequate fire doors and concerns over compartmentation revealed by Perth hotel audit three weeks before fatal fire

Building Advisory Committee aims to support Building Safety Regulator and drive industry best practice

What information is required from responsible persons of occupied high-rise residential buildings? HSE releases initial guidance

“The people we need to protect are diverse, so security needs to be diverse” – Australian Women in Security Network founder Jacqui Loustau

Annual cost of farm fires approaches £100m as arson costs almost double

Are the sustainability and fire safety agendas compatible?

Manchester Arena Volume 2 Report highlights uncoordinated and risk averse response from emergency services

Department of Homeland Security projects underway to use advanced AI in challenging video environments

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Downloads

State of Physical Access Trend Report 2024

Lithium-Ion batteries. A guide to the fire risk that isn’t going away but can be managed

Whitepaper: Enhancing security, resilience and efficiency across a range of industries

Whitepaper: Multi-residential access management – The move to digital

2024 trends in physical security and critical communications

The Video Surveillance Report 2023

How cloud-based video surveillance can enable improved security for housing associations

EBOOK: Lessons from FIREX 2023 – Emerging challenges in fire safety