{"id":94617,"date":"2022-04-28T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/?p=94617"},"modified":"2022-12-02T10:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T10:15:41","slug":"importance-of-testing-and-maintaining-your-errcs-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/importance-of-testing-and-maintaining-your-errcs-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Testing &#038; Maintaining ERRCS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><b>The importance of testing and maintaining your ERRCS System <\/b><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-94618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Blog2-Testing-ERRCS-System-1024x538.png\" alt=\"The importance of testing and maintaining your ERRCS System\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every building, structure, or venue is prone to emergencies, whether it\u2019s a fire drill, electrical shortage, or random malfunctions that cause panic among residents, building managers, and the like.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The age-old term \u201cbetter safe than sorry\u201d is the main keyword here, especially when looking down the face of a high-pressure emergency that requires communication from inside the structure to the outside world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is essential that all occupants, whether residential or commercial, be able to dial 911 when such a circumstance arises, which is why building managers tend to opt for installing an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/services\/errcs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emergency Responder Radio Communication System<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, otherwise known as an ERRCS system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What is an ERRCS System?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ERRCS system aims to boost critical communications in and around a building to first responders to get the word out. It operates through an extension of the public safety network by leveraging a setlist of small antennas extracted from a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/services\/wireless-carrier-das\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distributed antenna system (DAS)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which opens the way for all users to send and receive radio signals to the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accordingly, its presence within a structure is vital, as it touches down on a matter of life and death; in fact, it has become <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/errcs-and-carrier-das-for-government\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a requirement within the United States<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the ERRCS system must be installed on-premise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-94619 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/peercom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Becca-working-on-ded-panel-2-1024x682-1.webp\" alt=\"Becca-working-on-ded-panel-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This highlights the importance of testing and maintaining your ERRCS System, as a system\u2019s malfunction or total shutdown would have fatal and tragic consequences. With that in mind, many fire departments have outlined several recommendations for building managers to go through to make sure their systems are free flowingly operational.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>What Professionals Recommend<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The San Jose Fire Department\u2019s ERRCS guideline notes that ERRCS testing should \u201cbe compatible with Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Authority (SVRIA) P25 Phase II digital radio system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The guideline also highlights that these systems should be able to support a minimum of 24 channels in the 700\/800 MHz band and be field programmable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-94620 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/peercom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_5162-683x1024-1.webp\" alt=\"professional suggests adding 24 channels\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><b><br \/>\nSome Background<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is essential to mention that the importance of bolstering, maintaining, and testing ERRCS systems that emit indoor connectivity and communications for first responders came to the forefront following the release of the Post-9\/11 Commission Report earlier in 2005.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before this, firefighting teams and first responders primarily relied on more traditional means such as phone jackets placed in close proximity to stairways for signals to bounce from within the building and into control rooms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that in mind, it is undeniably crucial to undergo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/service\/recertification-maintenance\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERRCS testing and maintenance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ensure that in the event of any catastrophe, building occupants and tenants have a clear line of communication with first responders to guide them through the emergency, regardless of its calamity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Communications Offers ERRCS Testing &amp; Maintenance<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ERRCS testing and maintenance can be done in various ways that are required to be done by certified professionals employed and dispatched by Peer Communications. If you\u2019re looking to make your system airtight, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peercom.org\/proposal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reach out to us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to schedule an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The importance of testing and maintaining your ERRCS System &nbsp; Every building, structure, or venue is prone to emergencies, whether it\u2019s a fire drill, electrical shortage, or random malfunctions that cause panic among residents, building managers, and the like.\u00a0 The age-old term \u201cbetter safe than sorry\u201d is the main keyword here, especially when looking down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Importance of Testing &amp; 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