BUILDING WITH RESILIENCE ADVOCATES FOR
State Legislation and regulations that:
- Require statewide insurance recognition for structures that are built with non-combustible materials and appropriate safety codes.
- Encourage the adoption of programs that provide financial incentives, tax breaks, grants, and rebates for the use of non-combustible materials for reconstruction, existing home hardening, and all new construction.
- Mandate statewide and local planning with dedicated funding for redundant transportation ingress and egress for all communities in the state with sufficient lane miles to increase safety.
- Mandate statewide and local planning with dedicated funding for sufficient updated water infrastructure for public health, safety, and reliability.
- Extend executive orders on permit streamlining for rebuilding to include the permitting of supply chain materials and all commercial and new home construction.
Local and State Building codes that:
- Extend Building Code 7A for all communities in the state, not just those in the rural-urban interface and state responsible areas.
- Encourage Statewide adoption of Zone 0 – ensuring non-combustible hardscape like gravel, pavers, or concrete adjacent to dwellings and structures.
- Provide model building codes and ordinances that emphasize non-combustible fire-resilient construction.
- Create fire safety information on non-combustible materials for easier fire Building Code Official/Marshall sign-off.
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