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Dewayne Garriss Appointed to State Fire Marshal

Dewayne Garriss

Atlanta – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that Dwayne Garriss has been appointed to serve as State Fire Marshal for the State of Georgia.

Dwayne Garriss, 49, graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1985 with a Bachelor’s of
Architecture degree and currently serves as a Director on the International Code Council Board, in addition to being the Commissioner’s Designee on the State Codes Advisory Committee of Department of Community Affairs. Dwayne has also served as Chair of the Georgia Fire Safety Symposium for the past 18 years, while concurrently serving on the International Fire Code Council for the past 10 years. In the past, he has also served on the National Fire Marshal’s Model Codes Committee.

“I am today announcing that Dwayne Garriss, who has served as Assistant State Fire Marshal for over 17 years, and Acting State Fire Marshal for the past six months, will assume the role of State Fire Marshal,” Hudgens said. “Dwayne is a 22 year veteran of the State Fire Marshal’s Office and is well known and respected by the fire service community and the many stakeholders this office serves. Please join me in congratulating and supporting Dwayne on his new position and role for our organization.”