Code Council Attends Utah Chapter Annual Business Meeting
International Code Council Secretary/Treasurer
Adolf Zubia and Jason vonWeller, Manager Program Development,
attended the Utah Chapter Annual Business Meeting
on February 19-23 at the Holiday Inn in St. George,
Utah. Here, Zubia swears in new officers. Pictured,
left to right, are Zubia, President Shannon Hansen,
First Vice President Tracy Halladay, Director Mark Stanton,
Second Vice President Quinn Davis, Director Terry Palmer,
Director Kirk Jacobson, Director Kurt Gardner, Director
Jim McClintic and Past President Steve Hamblin. (Not
pictured are Secretary Gary Kerr and Treasurer Larry
Wiley.)
Fire Prevention Crew Spent Week Studying Safety
Evergreen Fire Rescue's Fire Prevention Division attended
the annual Colorado Chapter Educational Institute March
5-9 at the Denver Technological Center. Fire Marshal Frank
Dearborn makes the annual training mandatory for himself and
his staff: Fire Inspector Jason Neely and Community Educator
Einar Jensen.
Maintaining their qualifications and constantly improving
their knowledge of fire code nuances and other safety principles
is critical because together, the three conduct over 1,300
commercial fire inspections, and several hundred driveway
inspections, plans reviews, and fire detection and suppression
system tests annually.
Hosted by the Colorado Chapter, the institute features coursework
on the International Fire Code and International
Building Code as well as other topics of interest to code
enforcement officers ranging from communication and leadership
to reviews of new technologies and analyses of human behavior
during evacuations.
Sixty-five full-day courses were offered to the approximately
1,200 men and women who attended representing fire departments,
municipalities, county governments and special districts.
NMFMA Holds Spring Conference
The Southern New Mexico Building
Officials Association and New Mexico Fire Marshals
Association (NMFMA) held its annual 2007 Spring
Training Conference in Ruidoso, New Mexico, April 1-4.
Code Council Vice President Steve Shapiro installed
officers for NMFMA at the conference luncheon meeting
held on April 3. Council COO Dominic Sims and Secretary/Treasurer
Adolf Zubia as well as Anne vonWeller also attended
and addressed approximately 80 conference attendees
representing various New Mexico jurisdictions. Pictured
left to right are Sims, Shapiro, NMFMA President Travis
Brown, Board member Larry Bryant, Vice President Frank
Barka, Board member James Maxon, von Weller and Zubia.
vonWeller Joins Member Services
Former Code Council Staff Liaison Jason vonWeller-previously
assigned to chapters in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana-has
accepted a new position as Manager of Program Development
in Member Services. His assistant, Tami Hartvigsen, formerly
the Regional Secretary is now a Program Development Assistant.
They will be working with the Member Services Department and
Government Relations developing and enhancing the Council's
member services throughout the country. In the interim, chapters
formerly assisted by Jason, may contact
, Director of State and Local Government Relations, at 1-888-ICC-SAFE
(422-7233), ext. 7722.
