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Gustavo Mitchell, ErrcsCheck (WhenLeads, a division of DV8 WEB LLC, Lake Park, FL) Email: [email protected] Phone: 561-541-8842

We answer the same day. We can send a building count for any South Florida city, ZIP code or building type within a day. For technical questions about radio systems, we suggest you ask your local fire marshal or a licensed installer of your choosing; we are not engineers.

Florida law requires buildings to carry firefighter radio signal inside, so fire crews can talk from stairwells, garages and upper floors. Existing high-rises had to comply by January 1, 2025. Public permit records in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach show 518 buildings with permit activity for these systems, known as ERRCS or BDA systems, in the last 24 months. 40 of those jobs expired, stalled or were cancelled without a final inspection, 116 are in progress, and 324 are finished and owe a yearly test. For condo associations already paying for milestone inspections and reserve studies, it is one more required cost. ErrcsCheck is a free guide with a building checker that shows owners what the rule says for their building.

Run of November 2, 2026. The city-by-city table, the week-by-week trend and the list of permit systems we read are on the permit report. An open or stalled permit does not mean a building breaks the law; the fire marshal decides. Broward and Palm Beach coverage is partial: see the report for which systems we can read.

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518 South Florida buildings pulled firefighter radio permits in two years. 40 of those jobs expired, stalled or were cancelled without a final inspection.

A free building checker at ErrcsCheck.com shows condo boards and property managers what Florida's radio coverage law asks of their building, with the code section behind every answer.

LAKE PARK, Fla. Florida law required existing high-rises to bring firefighter radio coverage inside their buildings by January 1, 2025. Public permit records in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties show 518 buildings with permit activity for these systems, known as ERRCS or BDA systems, over the last 24 months. Forty of those jobs expired, stalled or were cancelled before a final inspection, 116 are still in progress, and 324 are finished and owe a yearly test. About eight buildings a week add a new permit record.

The systems carry fire department radio signal into stairwells, garages and upper floors, where concrete and glass can block it. In November 2025, Fort Lauderdale cited 69 of its 484 high-rises for weak radio signal, according to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrofits for large buildings commonly run into six figures.

"Most boards we hear from know about milestone inspections and reserve studies. Radio coverage is a separate rule with its own permit and its own yearly test, and it is easy to miss until a fire marshal asks," said Gustavo Mitchell, who runs ErrcsCheck. "We built the checker so a board can see what applies to its building before that conversation, not after."

ErrcsCheck publishes a weekly South Florida ERRCS Permit Report with counts by county and city at www.errcscheck.com/report/, a plain-English guide to Florida Statute 633.202(18), and a free building checker at www.errcscheck.com/check/.

An open or stalled permit does not by itself mean a building is out of compliance; the local fire marshal decides after a signal test.

About ErrcsCheck: ErrcsCheck is run by WhenLeads, a division of DV8 WEB LLC, 1335 Old Dixie Hwy Ste 27, Lake Park, FL 33403. Building owners never pay to use it. Licensed installers may pay for a weekly permit watch or for quote requests that owners choose to send. Details: www.errcscheck.com/legal/how-we-make-money/.

Media contact: Gustavo Mitchell, [email protected], 561-541-8842

Building owners never pay ErrcsCheck. Licensed installers may pay WhenLeads for a weekly permit watch, and for quote requests that owners choose to send them. Several installers can buy in each county. We are not a fire department, a government agency or an installer, and nothing on this site is endorsed by a fire marshal or the state. How we make money.

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