Pennsylvania SR 101: A Resolution recognizing the month of May 2017 as "Building Safety Month" in Pennsylvania and encouraging residents to participate in "Building Safety Month" activities.

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PRINTER'S NO. 772 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION 

No.

101 

Session of 

2017 

INTRODUCED BY WARD, TARTAGLIONE, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, BAKER, 

SABATINA, GREENLEAF, BLAKE, BROWNE, AUMENT, YUDICHAK, 

RAFFERTY AND KILLION, APRIL 26, 2017 

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, APRIL 26, 2017 

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the month of May 2017 as "Building Safety Month" in 

Pennsylvania and encouraging residents to participate in 

"Building Safety Month" activities.

WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is committed to recognizing that our 

growth and strength depends on the safety and economic value of 

the homes, buildings and infrastructure that serve our residents 

in everyday life and in times of natural disaster; and

WHEREAS, Confidence in the structural integrity of buildings 

that make up our communities is achieved through the devotion of 

vigilant guardians, building safety and fire prevention 

officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design 

professionals, laborers and others in the construction industry 

who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of 

buildings; and

WHEREAS, These guardians are dedicated members of the 

International Code Council (ICC), a United States based 

voluntary consensus codes and standards developing organization 

that brings together Federal, State and local officials who are 

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experts in the built environment to create and implement the 

highest-quality codes to protect us in the buildings where we 

live, learn, work, worship and play; and

WHEREAS, The dedicated members of the Pennsylvania 

Association of Building Code Officials, Pennsylvania State 

Professional Chapter of the International Code Council and the 

members of other International Code Council chapters in 

Pennsylvania, including the Lancaster County Code Association, 

the Berks County Building and Code Association, the Pennsylvania 

Building Officials Conference, the Commonwealth Building 

Officials, the Pennsylvania Association of Code Officials, the 

Liberty Chapter of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Association of 

Fire Code Officials, the Professional Chapter of Western 

Pennsylvania and PennBOC Regions 1 and 5, develop and implement 

the highest-quality codes to inspect buildings; and

WHEREAS, Our nation benefits economically and technologically 

from using the international codes that are developed by the 

ICC; and

WHEREAS, Government is able to avoid the high cost and 

complexity of developing and maintaining these codes, which are 

the the most widely adopted building safety and fire prevention 

codes in the nation; and

WHEREAS, These modern building codes include safeguards to 

protect the public from natural disasters such as hurricanes, 

snowstorms, tornadoes, wild land fires, floods and earthquake; 

and

WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" is sponsored by the 

International Code Council and the Pennsylvania Association of 

Building Code Officials, along with all of the other ICC 

chapters in Pennsylvania, to remind the public about the 

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critical role of our communities' largely unknown guardians of 

public safety, our local code officials, who assure us of safe, 

efficient and livable buildings that are essential to keep 

America great; and

WHEREAS, "Code Officials-Partners in Community Safety and 

Economic Growth," the theme for "Building Safety Month," 

encourages all Americans to raise awareness of the importance of 

building safety and resilient construction, fire prevention, 

disaster mitigation and new technologies in the construction 

industry; and

WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" encourages appropriate steps 

that everyone can take to ensure that the places where we live, 

learn, work, worship and play are safe; and

WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" recognizes that countless 

lives have been saved due to the implementation of safety codes 

by State and local agencies; and

WHEREAS, In observance of "Building Safety Month," Americans 

are asked to consider the commitment to improve building safety 

and economic investment at home and in the community and to 

acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by 

Federal agencies, State and local building departments and fire 

prevention bureaus in protecting lives and property; therefore 

be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize the month of May 2017 as 

"Building Safety Month" in Pennsylvania and encourage residents 

to participate in "Building Safety Month" activities.

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