Georgia Firefighter Standards & Training Council
1000 Indian Springs Drive
Forsyth, Georgia 31029


Office Hours - 8:00 am - 5:00pm Mon-Fri (excluding State holidays)

Office Phone - (478) 993-4521



Admin Staff


Randy Toms - Executive Director

rtoms@gfstconline.org
1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029


Matt Houston - Compliance and Evaluation Manager: Southwest Region

mhouston@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance. Cell 478-993-6697


Randy Loyd - Compliance and Evaluation Manager

rloyd@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 478-212-6694


Wayne Feller - Compliance and Evaluation Manager: Southeast Region

wfeller@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 912-253-5751


David Trussell - Compliance and Evaluation Manager.

dtrussell@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 478-952-2017



Whitman Stanford - Administrative Manager

whitman@gfstconline.org
Areas: Office Management, Grant Administration, State Certifications, Records Management


Roxanne Burns - Compliance and Evaluation Manager

roxanne@gfstconline.org
Areas: Testing, State Certifications, Records Management


Bryan Allen - Compliance and Evaluation Manager: Northeast Region

ballen@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 678-858-0090


Christina Tipton - Compliance and Evaluation Manager: Northwest Region

ctipton@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 762.219.1233


Chris Kozikowski - Compliance and Evaluation Manager

ckozikowski@gfstconline.org
Areas: Fire Department Compliance, Firefighter Compliance Cell: 478-993-6262



Council Members


Tony Pritchett - Council Chair; State Fire Marshal’s Office

tpritchett@oci.ga.gov
PO Box 202 Ellijay GA 30540 404.655.2189

Harvey Cryder - Chief, Screven County Fire Department

scfdfire1@gmail.com
618 US-301 Frontage, Sylvania, GA 30467

Clint Hodges - Fire Chief/EMA Director, Effingham County Fire Rescue

chodges@effinghamcounty.org
804 S Laurel Street, Springfield, GA 31329

Duane Lockhart - Division Chief- Training, Paulding County Fire

duane.lockhart@paulding.gov
678-383-3491

Tim Stowers - Lumpkin County Emergency Services

tgstowers115@gmail.com
770-668-6764


Chad Black - Director, Habersham County Emergency Services; Chair, Georgia Emergency Medical Services Association

cblack@habershamga.com
P.O. Box 1555 Clarkesville, GA. 30523 o: 706.839.0428 / c: 770.530.4365 / f:706- 754-5378

Doug Duncan - Chairman, Columbia County Commission

dduncan@columbiacountyga.gov
630 Ronald Reagan Dr, Bldg. B Evans, GA 30809 706-868-3379

Robby Horton - City Manager, City of St. Marys

rhorton@stmarysga.gov
418 Osborne Street St. Marys, GA 31558 O: 912.510.4043 / c: 912.464.9517

Terry Smith - Chief, Camden County

tsmith@camdencountyga.gov
912-674-4546

Laura Beth Tucker - Council Member, City of Camilla

laurabeth.tucker@cityofcamilla.com
PO Box 328, Camilla, GA 31730