Chief Tommy Jones is the Fire Chief Emeritus in Griffin, Georgia and retired after 32 years of service. He is currently the Safety Director for a large, family-owned Construction and grading company in Georgia. Originally from Griffin, Chief Jones attended Mercer University and obtained a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Communications with a specialty in Public Relations. Before his appointment to Fire Chief in 2005, Chief Jones served for 14 years as the Fire Marshal, which enabled him to become Police Certified through the Georgia POST Council. This position afforded him an opportunity to attend the Georgia Law Enforcement Command College and earn his Masters Degree in Public Administration from Columbus State University. Chief Jones also holds a 2nd Master’s Degree in Security Management from Bellevue University. He is a certified Emergency Manager from the Georgia Department of Homeland Security.
Chief Jones engages in his community by serving in many leadership positions. He is Past-President of the Griffin Daybreak Rotary Club and the Griffin-Spalding County United Way. He is the co-founder of the University of Georgia-Griffin Campus, Institute of Disaster Management, the co-founder of the City of Griffin Leadership Development Institute, and the principle visionary of the Gordon State College ‘Weekend College’ program.
Chief Jones is married with 3 children and is an avid writer with over a dozen published articles in national magazines and is a conference speaker.
