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| ICC Members Presented Life Safety Achievement Awards Several Code Council Members were recently presented Life Safety Achievement Awards by the National Association of State Fire Marshals Fire Research and Education Foundation and Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company for their fire prevention accomplishments in 2013. For over 20 years, the awards have nationally recognized fire departments for actively promoting fire prevention in the pursuit of saving lives. To qualify for the award, fire departments recorded zero fire deaths in residential structures or a 10 percent reduction of fire deaths from the prior year. In addition, award recipients documented active and effective fire prevention programs as well as a commitment to reducing the number of house fires in the community. ICC Members presented awards are: |
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| Cullman, Ala., Fire Rescue | Eureka, Mo., Fire Protection District |
| Tuscaloosa, Ala., Fire and Rescue Service | Southern Platte, Mo., Fire Protection District |
| North Tahoe, Calif., Fire Protection District | Sullivan, Mo., Fire Protection District |
| Southbury, Conn., Training School Fire Department | City of Mount Airy, N.C., Fire Department |
| Countryside Fire Protection District, Vernon Hills, Ill. | Kannapolis, N.C., Fire Department |
| Alburnett, Iowa, Fire Department | Williamston, N.C., Fire Rescue and EMS |
| Spencer Fire, Iowa, Department | Hooksett, N.H., Fire Rescue |
| Town of Phillipston, Mass., Fire Department | Raritan, N.J., Township Bureau of Fire Safety |
| South Lyon, Mich., Fire Department | Westampton, N.J., Township Emergency Services |
| Tittabawassee Township, Mich., Fire Department | West Licking, Ohio, Joint Fire District |
| Maple Grove, Minn., Fire-Rescue | Georgetown, S.C., City Fire Department |
| Spring Lake Park, Minn., Fire Department | Lehi, Utah, Fire Department |
| Republic, Mo., Fire Department | Marysville, Wash., Fire District |
| Columbia, Mo., Fire Department | Janesville, Wisc., Fire Department |
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| ICC Board of Directors Candidates Webpage In accordance with CP20-03, the Code Council is providing a candidate webpage where candidates may pre-file information to be made available to the membership and the Nominating Committee. The Committee report will be posted after nominees are determined. |
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| ICC Membership Councils to Meet, Hold Elections, Discuss Important Initiatives Joint Membership Councils Meeting | 10:00 a.m. EDT | Room 316 All ICC Membership Councils will meet jointly beginning at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Room 316 at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during the ICC 2014 Annual Conference to conduct Membership Council Governing Committee elections for the Building Official Membership Council (BOMC), Fire Service Membership Council (FSMC), Global Membership Council (GMC), PMG Official Membership Council (PMGMC) and Sustainability Membership Council (SMC), and address topics of shared interest, including updates on cdpACCESS, ICC certification and training, and the Preferred Provider Network. Building Official Membership Council | Sept. 28 | Room 316 Read the meeting agenda. For more information, visit the BOMC webpage. Fire Service Membership Council | Sept. 28 | Room 315 Read the meeting agenda. For more information, visit the FSMC webpage. Global Membership Council | Sept. 28 | Room 301/302 For more information, visit the GMC webpage. PMG Membership Council | September 28 | Room 304 Read the meeting notice and agenda. For more information, visit the PMG webpage. Sustainability Membership Council | Sept. 28 | Room 305 For more information, visit the SMC webpage. |
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By Nick Reiher Like World War II veterans of the Greatest Generation, the International Code Council and its legacy organizations lose more of its founders and early stalwarts each day. Such is the case of the Aug. 14 passing of Joseph "Joe" Bertoni, 77, who had not only a long and distinguished career as Chief Building Inspector for Fairfax County, Va., but also helped shape the future of the ICC as an influential leader of the legacy organization Building Officials and Code Administrators International (BOCA). His contemporaries describe the garrulous Bertoni as among the last of a diminishing breed. He came across as a gruff, bear of a man, a native Italian with a lot of confidence in his knowledge of the codes, yet with enough respect for the new generation to listen to what they had to say. "Joe was a man of the old world; a devoted family and religious man," said Emory Rodgers, Deputy Director for the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, who knew Bertoni for 40 years. "He was a man who started out with boots on the ground and rose to a leader in the Fairfax Building Department and then a national leader in the model code development process by becoming the President of BOCA." ICC Board Vice President Guy Tomberlin, Branch Chief of Residential/Light Commercial Inspections in Fairfax County, worked in the same department as Bertoni from 1985 until he retired. "What I remember most about him was that he really promoted the valve of our profession through code development and service to the state and national organizations," Tomberlin said. "We now call this 'raising the profile,' but Joe helped lead the way more than 30 years ago. He was an icon in this arena. "He fostered a culture of professionalism, commitment and dedication to what we do in the code enforcement industry," Tomberlin continued. "He worked tirelessly towards building relationships in all areas of the construction profession and we are still benefiting from his leadership today." Continue reading . |
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 Vermont DPS Deputy Director Bob Patterson Retires after 30 Years of ServiceBob Patterson, Deputy Director of the Vermont Department of Public Safety, retired Aug. 27 with more than 30 years of service to the citizens of Vermont. International Code Council Government Relations Regional Manager Bill Nash presented Patterson with a certificate of appreciation signed by ICC Board of Directors President Stephen D. Jones, CBO, and ICC Chief Executive Officer Dominic Sims. Patterson was a great supporter of the ICC Codes and a strong advocate for life safety in Vermont. |
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| Pennsylvanian to Take Reins of Routt County Regional Building Department After six months of searching, Routt County (Colo.) Manager Tom Sullivan has found his new chief building department official in Pennsylvania. Ben Grush, currently the chief inspector with the Cambria County Building Code Enforcement Agency, has accepted the post. Grush has 25 years of experience in the field, including a period when he ran his own plumbing and heating contracting business. "We're looking forward to having somebody who has his kind of experience, with a lot of commercial work," Sullivan said. Grush takes special pride in two college buildings where he did inspections, including a $25 million convocation center with a basketball arena and a $20 million state-of-the-art academic science building at St. Francis University involving elaborate mechanical systems for the chemistry and physics labs. "I just love projects like that," Grush said, "and I love fascinating homes, too. It seems to me that my whole life I've loved old buildings." |
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