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From the Chief’s Corner: The Temptation of Low-Hanging Fruit

Chief Perdue

Posted on January 27, 2021

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 a clear vision about the purpose of a particular task. In other words: What exactly are you looking for? What are you trying to accomplish? Another important life principle I always tried to practice and reinforce when making decisions during my career in emergency service is “What’s best for those we are here to serve?”

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Safer Buildings Coalition Helps Members Be Seen and Heard

Bullhorn

Posted on January 27, 2021

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 that can help spread the word on your organization, your products, services, thought leadership - anything you'd like to share with your fellow members and Safer Buildings Coalition's broader audience.

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Tessco-SBC Public Safety DAS Event Series

Relive the Tessco-Safer Buildings Coalition Event Series

Posted on January 27, 2021

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. To everyone who attended our events: Thank you. We hope you enjoyed the shows. And now, we have made all four events available for you to watch or relive.

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SBC Members & Followers: Review and Verify Your Account Information

Review and Verify Your Account Information

Posted on January 27, 2021

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 to date. 

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SBC Community Affairs “Forces for Good Spotlight”: Operation Gratitude Shows Love to the NYPD

Spotlight

Posted on January 27, 2021
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 – brought to our attention by an SBC Member. Our program is dubbed “Forces for Good Spotlight.”

In our very first Forces for Good Spotlight, the SBC Community Affairs Work Group has selected Operation Gratitude, as suggested by SBC Managing Director John Foley.

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Meet the Newest Safer Buildings Coalition Members

SBC Newest Members 2021

Posted on January 27, 2021

The Safer Buildings Coalition continues to grow. We now have more than 140 members organizations across several categories. We value each and every member, and it's our pleasure to introduce you to a few of the latest additions to our member base: ECD Systems, Fire Science Institute at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, OnAir Solutions, SYM Technology & Whoop Wireless.

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Remembering January 23, 2005

January 23, 2005

Posted on January 27, 2021
By Chief Alan Perdue (ret.), Executive Director, Safer Buildings Coalition

During many of my presentations across the country, I play an audio clip from a horrific fire that took place on this date 16 years ago. I do this to highlight how important in-building emergency responder communications are for public safety.

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Update: SBC No Noise Task Force

Update: SBC No Noise Task Force

Posted on January 27, 2021

On December 21, the Safer Buildings Coalition rolled out our "No Noise" Call to Action and Position Paper. www.saferbuildings.org/no-noise.

The goal of the Task Force is to focus on the problem of harmful interference caused by improperly deployed Signal Boosters. The scope of the Task Force is to address the past, present, and future of public safety in-building communications.

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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.

Click on the links or images to watch the video messages below:

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SBC - No Noise Call to Action

Safer Buildings Coalition Issues "No Noise" Call to Action and Position Paper

Posted on December 21, 2020

The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) is calling for the immediate convening of a task force to address public safety radio interference caused by the improper use of "Signal Boosters" commonly deployed to remediate poor in-building public safety and commercial wireless coverage. The details of this call to action are documented in a position paper entitled “No Noise.”

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From the Chief’s Corner: Christmas, Teamwork & the ERCES...

Chief Perdue Christmas

Posted on December 21, 2020

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 more and more about what to write about, the concept of teamwork continued to prevail. So, what does teamwork have to do with Christmas, or for that matter an Emergency Responder Communications Enhancement Systems (ERCES)?

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