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SBC WORKGROUP ROUNDUP November 2020
Safer Buildings Coalition WORK GROUP ROUNDUP – November 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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NEDAS’ Virtual Holiday Fiesta
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: Karima Holmes Fireside Chat
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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2020 Foresight
I want to think that when we started our company in 2016, we were anticipating events like a global pandemic because that would make us an incredibly visionary group of people. However, it wasn’t the fear of contracting a virus that motivated…
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Why We Do What We Do: A Firehouse Chat with FDNY Firefighter Patrick Parrott
Today, October 28th, is National First Responder Day. Congress designated the day in 2017 to honor the firefighters, police officers, and EMTs that rush into a crisis when the rest of us run out. Living and working in NYC, I have many…
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Project Managers Are the Electromagnetic Force of Our Organization
The hats our Project Managers must wear are many; the skills they must have are diverse. In-building public safety systems can take years to complete and include various sub-contractors and local authorities throughout a project’s lifecycle. They require consistent oversight over long…
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IWCE In-Building Forum November 2020
Safer Buildings Coalition and IWCE Invite You to the 2020 In-Building Forum Register by Oct. 26th to take advantage of early-bird pricing We at the Safer Buildings Coalition are excited to be partnering with IWCE to host the first-ever virtual conference that…
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Watch This Week’s SBC-PCTEL Webinar
Watch or Re-Watch This Week’s SBC-PCTEL Webinar Did you miss Tuesday’s PCTEL-Safer Buildings Coalition webinar on In-Building Radio Projects, Design and Testing: Where Should the Industry Be Headed? Don’t worry, the webinar is now available to watch on-demand. Click the link below…
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ADRF Announces UL 2524, Second Edition
ADRF Announces UL 2524, Second Edition-Certified Public Safety Communications System Long-time Safer Buildings Coalition member ADRF has announced two new lines of UL 2524-certified public safety communications products – the PSR-U and BBx-U Series of public safety repeaters and battery backups. The…
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Feel Safe Inside Is Now a Registered Trademark
More Than a Tagline. ‘Feel Safe Inside’ Is Now a Registered Trademark By Seth Buechley, Safer Buildings Coalition Founder Few things in this world hold more emotional weight than a person’s need to feel safe. We can tolerate challenges and obstacles all…
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Indoor Plumbing and the ERCES
From the Chief’s Corner: Indoor Plumbing and the ERCES I’m willing to bet that 100 percent of the commercial buildings that have an In-Building Emergency Responder Communications Enhancement System (ERCES) installed also have some type of indoor plumbing. That got me thinking:…
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Events Tessco/SBC Public Safety DAS Series
EVENT ALERT: Mark Your Calendars for the Next Installments in the Tessco-SBC Public Safety DAS Event Series Last month, we kicked off the Tessco-Safer Buildings Coalition Public Safety DAS series with a very successful event for the Southeast Region. We are delighted…
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Realcomm IBcon Virtual Tech Conference
EVENT ALERT: Sign up for the Realcomm | IBcon Virtual Real Estate Tech Conference The Safer Buildings Coalition is a proud co-sponsor of next week’s Realcomm | IBcon 2020 Real Estate conference, and we are delighted to invite you to this very…
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SBC WORKGROUP ROUNDUP October 2020
Safer Buildings Coalition WORK GROUP ROUNDUP – October 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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ADRF Announces Certification to UL 2524, Second Edition, for its Public Safety Communication System
ADRF’s PSR-U and BBx-U Series Is the First ERCES to Be Listed/Certified by UL to UL 2524, Second Edition and First to Receive the Enhanced UL Certification Mark to UL 2524, Second Edition BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced RF Technologies, Inc. (ADRF), the…
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ADRF Brings Ubiquitous Public Safety Wireless Coverage to Indianapolis International Airport
BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Advanced RF Technologies, Inc. (ADRF), the largest pure-play in-building Distributed Antenna System (DAS) provider for public safety and commercial radio frequencies, announced today the deployment of its ADXV public safety DAS and PSR series repeaters at Indianapolis International Airport (IND), one of the…
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A Building Owner’s Guide To In-Building Public Safety Wireless
The public safety in-building wireless communication space has been driven by codes and standards since they were first introduced in 2009. These systems ensure first responders can communicate in every building area, including critical coverage areas like fire command rooms, exit stairwells,…
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First, Do No Harm
From the Chief’s Corner: First, Do No Harm… Have you ever been in a hurry and had that annoying little device with three colorful lights impact your journey? You know, that thing often hanging in the air with red, yellow and green…
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A Message from the outgoing President
Dear Safer Buildings Coalition Members Time flies. It has been an honor to be on the Safer Buildings Coalition Board of Directors of for the last three years. During this time, I have served as Member At Large, Vice President and, most…
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RF Solutions Hosts BICSI-Accredited Webinars
SBC Member RF Solutions Hosts BICSI-Accredited Webinars We are delighted to announce that Safer Buildings Coalition member RF Solutions will host a BICSI-accredited webinar (1CEC) — “Fundamentals of In-Building Public Safety Systems” – on September 23rd at 2pm EDT and October 1…