2025 Georgia Fire Service Conference - Memorial Service

GSFA • July 23, 2025

2025 Georgia Fire Service Conference

September 30 - October 4, 2025

2025 Georgia Fire Service Conference September 30 - October 4, 2025

Recognize Fallen Firefighters

Submit Information for the Annual Memorial Service

 

Each year as part of the Georgia Fire Service Conference, firefighters who passed away during the previous year are recognized at the annual Memorial Service, scheduled this year for Thursday, October 2nd at 12:30 p.m. Firefighters do not have to have been a member of the Georgia Association of Fire Chiefs or the Georgia State Firefighters Association to be recognized. 

 

If you have lost a current or retired member of your department since the last conference (November 2024), please submit their information so that they may be recognized. 

 

All information is due by August 31, 2025

Click Here to Submit a Name for the Memorial

Questions? Contact:

 

GSFA Business Manager Taylor Moore

Email: taylor@gsffa.org

Phone: 770-914-7774

 

GAFC Business Manager Yalonde Tanner

Email: ytanner@gacities.com

Phone:   678-686-6239 

 

We look forward to seeing you in Forsyth!

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