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Proclamation
Building Safety Month – May 2024
WHEREAS, the City of Hastings is committed to recognizing that our growth and
strength depends on the safety and essential role our homes, buildings, and infrastructure play,
both in everyday life and when disasters strike, and;
WHEREAS, our confidence in the resilience of these buildings that make up our
community is achieved through the devotion of vigilant guardians – building safety and fire
prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers,
plumbers and other 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,
a nonprofit that brings together local, state, territorial, tribal and federal officials who are
experts in the built environment to create and implement the highest-quality codes to protect
us in the buildings where we live, learn, work and play, and;
WHEREAS, these modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from
hazards such as hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires, floods and earthquakes,
and;
WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council to
remind the public about the critical role of our communities’ largely unknown protectors of
public safety – our local officials – who assure us of safe, sustainable and affordable buildings
that are essential to our prosperity, and;
WHEREAS, “Mission Possible,” the theme for Building Safety Month 2024, encourages
us all to raise awareness about building safety on a personal, local and global scale, and;
WHEREAS, each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over the
world are asked to consider the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and
economic investment at home and in the community, and to acknowledge the essential service
provided to all of us by local and state building departments, fire prevention bureaus and
federal agencies in protecting lives and property.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor of the City of Hastings, do hereby
proclaim the month of May 2024 as Building Safety Month. Accordingly, I encourage our
citizens to join us as we participate in Building Safety Month activities.
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Mary D. Fasbender, Mayor
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