Board to consider appointing E‑911 director Wingate Whitley as Deputy EMA Director

Sep 2, 2025

Public Safety Director Joey Fowler asked the board to appoint E‑911 Director Wingate Whitley as a Deputy EMA Director for Tift County; staff said Whitley has more than 25 years of public safety service and a notification will be sent to GEMA/HS if approved.

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Public Safety Director Joey Fowler asked the Tift County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 2 to appoint Wingate Whitley, the county’s E‑911 director, as a Deputy Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director. Fowler said Whitley has more than 25 years of public safety service to Tift County and that, if approved, staff would sign and submit a notification letter to the Director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS).

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