Senior living & multifamily
Resident connectivity and life-safety compliance for senior living and multifamily.
51→100%
Coverage after retrofit
4
Days to full compliance
15
Stories covered, top to bottom
100%
AHJ approval rate
24/7
Support & monitoring
Common challenges
What makes senior living connectivity hard
Code-mandated ERCES compliance
Fire code requires reliable first-responder radio coverage throughout the building. A failed grid test means a failed inspection — and life-safety exposure.
Resident amenity Wi-Fi
Connectivity is now an amenity residents and families expect — in units, common areas, and everywhere in between.
Older, RF-blocking construction
Concrete, masonry, and metal in older buildings kill radio and cellular signal, leaving dead zones exactly where coverage matters most.
Life-safety first
Compliance you can show the fire marshal
Fire code does not grade on a curve — first-responder radios must work on every floor, in every stairwell. WZC owns ERCES end to end, then layers resident Wi-Fi and cellular coverage on the same disciplined RF design.
- Grid testing, design, install, and AHJ approval — one accountable partner
- UL 2524 BDA platforms with battery backup and supervision
- Coverage engineered through concrete, masonry, and metal construction
- UL 2524 Certified Systems
- NFPA 1225 & IFC 510
- FCC Part 90 Licensed
How WZC helps
Life-safety compliance and resident connectivity, handled
WZC engineers coverage through the hardest construction — and took a 15-story senior-living high-rise from 51% public-safety coverage to 100% compliance in four days.
- ERCES compliance owned end to end — grid testing, design, install, AHJ approval
- Amenity Wi-Fi residents can rely on, from units to common areas
- RF engineering that works with older, signal-blocking construction
Public Safety DAS / ERCES
Code-mandated first-responder coverage engineered from grid testing through AHJ approval — we own the compliance relationship so you do not have to.
Enterprise Wi-Fi
Resident amenity Wi-Fi that covers units, common areas, and courtyards with seamless roaming and simple onboarding.
Cellular DAS
Multi-carrier cellular coverage that punches through older, RF-blocking construction so residents, staff, and families stay reachable.
Coverage blueprint
The senior high-rise riser, floor by floor
Senior high-rise ERCES riser — UL 2524 BDA with battery backup at grade, DAS antennas on all 15 floors, amenity Wi-Fi for residents, and supervised annunciation at the fire command center.
- RF signal & Wi-Fi coverage
- Life-safety equipment
- DAS antennas
- Structure
Proof
Related work
ERCES Coverage From 51% to 100% in 4 Days
Senior Living
100% AHJ-passing coverage
A 15-story senior-living high-rise failing public-safety coverage at 51%, brought to full compliance in four days.
“Working with WZC took our company to another level in every regard. Their efficiency and customer service is unmatched. The best there is.”
Let's solve your wireless challenge
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