WE WORK WITH FLORIDA FIRE MARSHALLS & THE AHJ
Berk-Tel has taken the time to build relationships with Florida AHJ’s and Fire Marshalls to create a simply process for getting your building to code with a BDA System. Berk-Tel offers a full turn-key solution from design to work completion. Our mission is to provide the highest quality I-BAND wireless signal amplification systems so that public servants are protected as well as the citizens they work so hard to protect. Ensure your building is equipped for critical communications with a Berk-Tel Communications DAS system solution. Whether meeting NFPA requirements for first responders, or ensuring your security personnel’s two-way radios function at full-reliability, Berk-Tel Communications provides custom signal amplification products and services that are cost-effective and robust.
We have a very simple process of getting budget numbers for BDA and DAS installs
- You send us floor plans
- We work directly with the AHJ to secure all the frequency and channel information
- Our engineers put together a bidding price
- We submit a proposal to your group
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A Public Safety DAS System May Be Required By Law
An in-building DAS system increases the safety of building occupants. In cases of emergency, a public safety DAS system or “I-BAND” network facilitates indoor 911 calls and is better equipped to handle the multitude of simultaneous calls that would otherwise overwhelm the available wireless coverage. It also provides first responders with improved communication. Public safety personnel such as firefighters and policemen require a reliable wireless network to communicate – whether by voice or by data content. This is especially true in critical areas such as stairwells, where unaided radio frequency signals are weakest. For these reasons, in-building amplification systems are already being required in certain municipalities.
It is literally a matter of life and death when a firefighter is in a building trying to communicate with his or her team outdoors. The National Fire Protection Association has enacted ordinances requiring minimum levels of coverage for Public Safety communication within new buildings. In 2009, two national fire codes – the National Fire Protection Association and the International Fire Code – addressed the need for an in-building system such as “I-BAND”. These codes are adopted in municipalities across the country. One notable example is Clark County, Nevada, which last year adopted and expanded on Appendix J of the IFC to require amplification systems, such as a public safety DAS system, to achieve a required level of radio coverage. We expect this trend to continue and ultimately become a requirement under all municipal fire codes.
Custom Public Safety DAS System Installation by Berk-Tel Communications
Our mission is to provide the highest quality I-BAND wireless signal amplification systems so that public servants are protected as well as the citizens they work so hard to protect. Ensure your building is equipped for critical communications with a Berk-Tel Communications DAS system solution. Whether meeting NFPA requirements for first responders, or ensuring your security personnel’s two-way radios function at full-reliability, Berk-Tel Communications provides custom signal amplification products and services that are cost-effective and robust.
We know that when lives are on the line, every second counts.
For this very reason, I-BAND was designed to exceed accepted performance standards.
All new Florida buildings must have 95-100% in-building coverage for Emergency Communication services to be awarded occupancy.
100% coverage in critical areas include command center, elevator lobbies, and exit stairs; 95% coverage for remaining areas.
All existing buildings in Florida that are to undergo expansion or reconstruction must then have 95-100% in-building coverage to be awarded re-occupancy.
Frequencies used for Public Safety include: VHF, UHF, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, and 900 MHz
Frequencies used vary per municipality and are dictated by the local police and fire departments.
Non-Compliance penalties are determined by municipality and may include crimial/civil penalties and fines up to $100,000.
