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From the Chief’s Corner: The Temptation of Low-Hanging Fruit For years, I’ve sought to approach things based on Habit #2 from Stephen Covey’s book titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: “Begin With the End in Mind.” This is about having…

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Safer Buildings Coalition Helps Members Be Seen and Heard Dear Safer Buildings Coalition Members — Did you know that the SBC offers you a variety of ways to highlight your organization and amplify your messaging through our digital platforms? The SBC bullhorn…

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Relive the Tessco-Safer Buildings Coalition Event Series From early autumn through the first week of January, Safer Buildings Coalition and Tessco – a valued SBC member and partner – put together and presented a four-part In-Building Public Safety DAS virtual event series.…

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SBC Members & Followers: Review and Verify Your Account Information Dear Safer Buildings Coalition members & followers – Periodically, we ask you to review your Safer Buildings Coalition information and preferences to ensure your name, title, organization, communication preferences, etc. are up…

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SBC Community Affairs “Forces for Good Spotlight”: Operation Gratitude Shows Love to the NYPD New SBC feature gives an important voice to our members The Safer Buildings Coalition Community Affairs Work Group this month begins a new program to recognize noble causes…

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Safer Buildings Coalition WORK GROUP ROUNDUP – January 2021 Please watch this month’s video updates from the Chairs of the Safer Buildings Coalition’s five work groups on their group’s activities, achievements and needs. Please watch the video messages below: Work Group Updates:…

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From the Chief’s Corner: Christmas, Teamwork & the ERCES… As we near Christmas Day, I started reflecting on several traditions of the season and how they might relate to some of the work we are doing at the Coalition. As I thought…

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EVENT ALERT: Join us for the final installment in the Tessco-SBC Public Safety DAS Event Series Tessco and the Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) have joined forces for a series of virtual, regional events on public safety DAS. The final installment, which covers…

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Safer Buildings Coalition Supports 3Strands Global Foundation’s Fight Against Human Trafficking By Mikkel P. Schultz, Senior Editor, Safer Buildings Coalition It is an underreported and often misunderstood crime, but human trafficking is a very real problem with victims across the world. In…

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Making a Difference: The T.A.T.E. Initiative – Telecommunications Against Trafficking and Exploitation The fight against human trafficking is a noble and ongoing effort (link to 3SGF article), with 3Strands Global Foundation leading the battle. One of the notable initiatives to combat human…

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Now Available: Updated Versions of Safer Buildings Coalition Code Reference Cards & Official Logos We have updated the SBC Content Download page to include the latest versions of our Code Reference Cards & SBC logos. Our popular Safer Buildings Coalition Code Reference…

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Safer Buildings Coalition Introduces New Individual Consultant Membership Tier We are very pleased to announce that the Safer Buildings Coalition has created a new membership tier: Individual Consultant. Here are all the details about Safer Buildings Coalition membership as an Individual Consultant.…

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Safer Buildings Coalition WORK GROUP ROUNDUP – December 2020 Please watch this month’s video updates from the Chairs of the Safer Buildings Coalition’s five work groups on their group’s activities, achievements and needs. Please watch the video messages below: Work Group Updates:…

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No Noise! Safer Buildings Coalition Affirms FCC Rules for Signal Boosters – Issues Call to Action SBC calls for a cross-functional effort to address public safety radio interference ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Safer Buildings Coalition (“SBC” – www.saferbuildings.org),…

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Sign up for NEDAS’ Virtual Holiday Fiesta Today! Join our friends at NEDAS for a fun-filled holiday fiesta – virtually The NEDAS virtual holiday fiesta will be like no other event they’ve hosted – ever! In addition to their usual networking and…

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In-Building Forum Highlight: Karima Holmes Fireside Chat One of the highlights of last week’s IWCE In-Building Forum (https://www.saferbuildings.org/thank-you-2020-in-building-forum) was Safer Buildings Coalition Managing Director John Foley’s Fireside Chat with Karima Holmes, Director, Office of Unified Communications, District of Columbia, Board Member of…

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Seth Buechley: Seven Essentials for a Successful Business Alliance Safer Buildings Coalition Founder Seth Buechley explains the importance of strategic alliances, and offers Seven Essentials for pursuing and creating a successful alliance out in the marketplace.

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With Thanksgiving upon us, I decided to let the upcoming holiday inspire this month’s column… So, let’s talk turkey! I’m sure many of you have either heard or used the phrase at one time of another. But have you ever thought about…

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A Message From the President: How SBC’s Three Pillars Can Help You Grow Your Business In this month’s message from the Safer Buildings Coalition President, Eric Toenjes, Graybar, discusses SBC’s Three Pillars Of In-Building Public Safety Communications, and how they can help…

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Doing Well While Doing Good – Meet 3Strands Global Foundation Led by Laurie Caruso, CEO of Safe-Fi Technologies and Chair of the Community Affairs work group, Safer Buildings Coalition works closely with a number of organizations across the country to raise awareness…

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