Facilitating Dialogue between Public Safety and Industry

The Safer Buildings Coalition conducts seminars across the US and Canada where public safety staff (radio shop, fire protection, operations) and industry (service providers, manufacturers, distributors, system integrators) can learn together and dialog about the challenges and best practices in deploying in-building coverage.

Seminar List for Current Year

SBC Events Calendar

Workforce Competency and Credentialling

Fire and Building Codes mandate in-building coverage, typically enabled by Signal Boosters. It is essential that these solutions enable communications but do no harm. Keys to this:

• Properly deployed technology, facilitated by education, best practices, and defined processes.
• Increasing awareness of the common causes for RF interference and ways to mitigate them.
• Driving innovation in wireless technologies used to solve for in-building wireless dead zones.
• Advocating for improvements in policy and FCC rules focused on proper RF operation.
• Published Complete ERCES Handbook – Over 4,000 in circulation, the basis for the top training programs and a DOL Apprenticeship Standard: SAFER BUILDING TECHNICIAN In-Building Wireless Installation Technician (IBWIT) O*NET-SOC CODE: 49-2022.00 RAPIDS CODE: 3036HY

Get Your Copy: ERCES HANDBOOK

Enabling Public Safety Broadband Communications Inside Buildings

Broadband communications for public safety must be available inside the built environment where first responders do so much of their work. Keys to this:

• Raising awareness among fire and building code officials that broadband (cellular) services used by first responders are covered by the codes and standards that mandate in-building coverage.
• Driving collaboration and innovation in the wireless industry to make in-building broadband coverage more reliable and resilient.