officials to create and recommend standards for the buildings
where we live, learn, work, worship and play; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Pennsylvania Association of
Building Code Officials (PABCO), the ICC's Pennsylvania State
Professional Chapter, and the members of other ICC chapters in
this Commonwealth, 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 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 protect Pennsylvanians in the buildings where we live, learn,
work, worship and play; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" is sponsored by ICC and
PABCO, along with all other ICC chapters in this Commonwealth;
and
WHEREAS, "Building Codes Save Lives," which is the theme for
"Building Safety Month" in 2018, encourages all Americans to
raise awareness of the importance of safe and resilient building
construction, fire prevention, disaster mitigation and new
technologies in the construction industry; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month" in 2018 raises awareness
that all communities need building codes to protect their
residents from disasters such as fires, weather-related events
and structural collapse; and
WHEREAS, Building codes are society's best way of protecting
homes, offices, schools, manufacturing facilities, stores and
entertainment venues; and
WHEREAS, Code officials work day in and day out to keep the
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