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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