Building Safety Week 2008
Promote Building Safety Week in Your Community
Happy Building Safety Week. Set for the week of May 5-11, this year’s theme is “Building Safety: Where You Live, Work and Play.”
Building Safety: Where You Live, Work and Play
2008 Building Safety Week in the News. Click here.
Code Council Delegation Visits Capitol Hill. Click here.
Code Council Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. Click here.
Media: Click here for all Building Safety Week tips.
Board President Steve Shapiro hosted a Fireside Chat during Building Safety Week. Click here.
Teach kids about building safety with the Building Safety Week lesson plan. Download lesson plan materials.
Photos of jurisdictions celebrating Building Safety Week. Click here.
Jurisdictions issue Building Safety Week proclamations. View the list.
Proclaim Building Safety Week around the World. Download the translated proclamation.
Raising the Profile Award Winners Announced. Click here.
The International Code Council offers a number of tools to help you get ready. Take this opportunity to reintroduce your department to the community and share information about the importance of building safety and fire prevention codes.
Materials to Promote Building Safety Week 
Here are some great tools you can use to promote Building Safety Week in your area:
- Proclaim Building Safety Week in your community.
- Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.
- Send a news release to local television and radio stations.
- Coordinate a school visit to teach kids about building safety.
 Order Building Safety Week Campaign Kits
Building Safety Week Campaign Kits contain everything you need to get the word out to your community. Kits include posters; a public service announcement DVD; brochures on a variety of topics, including disaster preparedness, green building and mold prevention; as well as activity books, pencils and stickers. Order Campaign Kits.
Download Free Information Brochures:
More Materials You Can Use:
Tell the World How You Celebrated Building Safety Week!
Now that you’ve ordered Building Safety Week campaign kits, downloaded materials, submitted a proclamation and become inspired, be sure to let us know how you celebrated so we can tell the world. Whether you organize a fair, give a seminar or host an open house, take photos of your Building Safety Week activities. We may include your event photo in our Building Safety Week coverage.
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See which jurisdictions have already issued proclamations.
Send the
of your article, news release or letter to the editor.
Tips on taking great photos.
Be sure to check back to see how other jurisdictions celebrate.
To see past activities, click on the year:
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