diff --git a/lib/modules/admob/Banner.js b/lib/modules/admob/Banner.js
index 9ac725ad..70d93ded 100644
--- a/lib/modules/admob/Banner.js
+++ b/lib/modules/admob/Banner.js
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 import React, { PropTypes } from 'react';
 import { requireNativeComponent, View } from 'react-native';
+import { statics } from './';
+import { nativeToJSError } from '../../utils';
 
 class Banner extends React.Component {
 
   static propTypes = {
     ...View.propTypes,
+    // TODO ehesp: cant init this outside of the component; statics isn't defined
+    ...(() => {
+      const eventProps = {};
+      Object.keys(statics.EventTypes).forEach((key) => {
+        eventProps[key] = PropTypes.func;
+      });
+      return eventProps;
+    }),
     size: PropTypes.string,
     unitId: PropTypes.string,
-    onAdLoaded: PropTypes.func,
+    testing: PropTypes.bool,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
     size: 'SMART_BANNER',
     unitId: 'ca-app-pub-3940256099942544/6300978111', // Testing
+    testing: true,
   };
 
   constructor() {
@@ -23,12 +34,16 @@ class Banner extends React.Component {
     };
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Handle a single banner event and pass to
+   * any props watching it
+   * @param nativeEvent
+   */
   onBannerEvent = ({ nativeEvent }) => {
     if (this.props[nativeEvent.type]) {
       if (nativeEvent.type === 'onAdFailedToLoad') {
-        const error = new Error(nativeEvent.payload.message);
-        error.code = nativeEvent.payload.code;
-        this.props[nativeEvent.type](error);
+        const { code, message } = nativeEvent.payload;
+        this.props[nativeEvent.type](nativeToJSError(code, message));
       } else {
         this.props[nativeEvent.type](nativeEvent.payload || {});
       }
@@ -37,10 +52,19 @@ class Banner extends React.Component {
     if (nativeEvent.type === 'onSizeChange') this.updateSize(nativeEvent.payload);
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Handle a native onSizeChange event
+   * @param width
+   * @param height
+   */
   updateSize = ({ width, height }) => {
     this.setState({ width, height });
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Render the native component
+   * @returns {XML}
+   */
   render() {
     return (
       <RNFirebaseAdMobBanner
diff --git a/lib/modules/admob/index.js b/lib/modules/admob/index.js
index cb9f81cd..a3224527 100644
--- a/lib/modules/admob/index.js
+++ b/lib/modules/admob/index.js
@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
+import { NativeModules, NativeEventEmitter } from 'react-native';
 import Interstitial from './Interstitial';
 import AdRequest from './AdRequest';
 import Banner from './Banner';
-import Base from './../base';
+import { Base } from './../base';
 
 const FirebaseAdMob = NativeModules.RNFirebaseAdMob;
 const FirebaseAdMobEvt = new NativeEventEmitter(FirebaseAdMob);
 
 export default class Admob extends Base {
 
-  interstitial(adUnit: string) {
-    return new Interstitial(this, FirebaseAdMobEvt, adUnit);
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    FirebaseAdMobEvt.addListener('interstitial_event', this._onInterstitialEvent.bind(this));
   }
 
+  _onInterstitialEvent(event) {
+    const { adunit } = event;
+    const jsEventType = `interstitial_${adunit}`;
+
+    if (!this.hasListeners(jsEventType)) {
+      // TODO
+    }
+
+    this.emit(jsEventType, event);
+  }
+
+  interstitial(adUnit: string) {
+    return new Interstitial(this, adUnit);
+  }
+
+  static get statics() {
+    return statics;
+  }
 }
 
 export const statics = {
   Banner,
   AdRequest,
+  EventTypes: {
+    onAdLoaded: 'onAdLoaded',
+    onAdOpened: 'onAdOpened',
+    onAdLeftApplication: 'onAdLeftApplication',
+    onAdClosed: 'onAdClosed',
+    onAdFailedToLoad: 'onAdFailedToLoad',
+  },
 };
diff --git a/lib/modules/base.js b/lib/modules/base.js
index 8a44b896..e69c278b 100644
--- a/lib/modules/base.js
+++ b/lib/modules/base.js
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 /**
  * @flow
  */
-import { NativeModules, NativeEventEmitter } from 'react-native';
 
+import EventEmitter from 'EventEmitter';
 import Log from '../utils/log';
-import EventEmitter from './../utils/eventEmitter';
-
-const FirebaseModule = NativeModules.RNFirebase;
-const FirebaseModuleEvt = new NativeEventEmitter(FirebaseModule);
 
 const logs = {};
+const SharedEventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
 
-type FirebaseOptions = {};
-
-export class Base extends EventEmitter {
-  constructor(firebase: Object, options: FirebaseOptions = {}) {
-    super();
-    this.firebase = firebase;
-    this.eventHandlers = {};
-    this.options = Object.assign({}, firebase.options, options);
-  }
+export class Base {
 
   /**
    * Return a namespaced instance of Log
@@ -27,52 +16,53 @@ export class Base extends EventEmitter {
    */
   get log(): Log {
     if (logs[this.namespace]) return logs[this.namespace];
-    return logs[this.namespace] = new Log(this.namespace, this.firebase._debug);
+
+    // todo grab log level from global config provider (still todo);
+    return logs[this.namespace] = new Log(this.namespace, '*');
   }
 
-  /**
-   * app instance
-   **/
-  get app(): Object {
-    return this.firebase.app;
-  }
-
-
-  /**
-   * Add a native module event subscription
-   * @param name
-   * @param handler
-   * @param nativeModule
-   * @returns {*}
-   * @private
+  /*
+   * Proxy functions to shared event emitter instance
+   * https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/Libraries/EventEmitter/EventEmitter.js
    */
-  _on(name, handler, nativeModule) {
-    let _nativeModule = nativeModule;
 
-    if (!_nativeModule) {
-      _nativeModule = FirebaseModuleEvt;
-    }
-
-    return this.eventHandlers[name] = _nativeModule.addListener(name, handler);
+  get sharedEventEmitter () {
+    return SharedEventEmitter;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Remove a native module event subscription
-   * @param name
-   * @private
-   */
-  _off(name): void {
-    const subscription = this.eventHandlers[name];
-    if (!subscription) return;
+  get addListener() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.addListener.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
+  }
 
-    subscription.remove();
-    delete this.eventHandlers[name];
+  get on() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.addListener.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
+  }
+
+  get emit() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.emit.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
+  }
+
+  get listeners() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.listeners.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
+  }
+
+  hasListeners(eventType: string): Boolean {
+    const subscriptions = SharedEventEmitter._subscriber.getSubscriptionsForType(eventType);
+    return subscriptions && subscriptions.length;
+  }
+
+  get removeListener() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.removeListener.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
+  }
+
+  get removeAllListeners() {
+    return SharedEventEmitter.removeAllListeners.bind(SharedEventEmitter);
   }
 }
 
 export class ReferenceBase extends Base {
-  constructor(firebase: Object, path: string) {
-    super(firebase);
+  constructor(path: string) {
+    super();
     this.path = path || '/';
   }