Industry

Senior living & multifamily

Resident connectivity and life-safety compliance for senior living and multifamily.

51→100%Coverage after retrofit
0Days to full compliance
0Stories covered, top to bottom
0AHJ approval rate
24/7Support & monitoring

Common challenges

What makessenior living connectivityhard

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 SystemsNFPA 1225 & IFC 510FCC Part 90 Licensed
High-rise residential buildings at night — the construction ERCES coverage must reachThe cost of being unprepared
Firefighter using a portable radio inside a buildingRadio coverage, certified

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

Coverage blueprint

The senior high-rise riser, floor by floor

UL 2524 BDA+ BATTERY15-STORY SENIOR HIGH-RISERESIDENT UNITS & COMMON AREAS — AMENITY WI-FIFIRE COMMAND CENTER — ANNUNCIATOR51% → 100%PUBLIC-SAFETY COVERAGE4 DAYSTO FULL COMPLIANCE
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 coverageLife-safety equipmentDAS antennasStructure

Proof

Related work

Senior Living100%AHJ-passing coverage

ERCES Coverage From 51% to 100% in 4 Days

A 15-story senior-living high-rise failing public-safety coverage at 51%, brought to full compliance in four days.

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"Working with WZC took our company to another level in every regard. Their efficiency and customer service is unmatched. The best there is."

Glenn EtienneGlenn EtienneOperations Director, Anchor Hocking

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