The New GFPF Website
The updated Georgia Firefighters’ Pension Fund website (www.gfpf.org) provides a wealth of information and features newly designed and simplified forms and applications. We have made it user friendly by paying particular attention to the format and flow. Also, we expanded the “About the Fund” section with the addition of a mission statement, the purpose of the Fund and statistics of the Fund. The forms have been improved to make them more convenient for our members and prospective members. We encourage you to now type your information into the form while on line and print them for certification and mailing. The “Rules & Laws” section provides you with the Official Code of Georgia governing the Fund. The Code has been separated for our Class One thru Eight firefighters and Class Nine firefighters, reflecting two distinct funds. However, we are now using a common set of forms. In coordination with this, the “Notice to members” section will update you with any changes or revisions that the General Assembly has made as well as serve as a bulletin for current events or updates.
We are pleased to announce several new features available on our website as well. We now have pictures of our Board of Trustees as well as an organization chart of our staff members. The site offers a “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) section which will continuously be updated as new questions are asked. It is intended to be an exhaustive list, but if you do not find the question and answer you are looking for, please call us at (770) 388-5757. In "Recent Articles" you will find letters such as this one that are intended to inform our members of the most recent publications as well as providing for an area to look up archived articles. Finally, we are constructing a “Member’s Area” that will allow members of the Fund to review their information that we have on record for accuracy. It also will include a pension estimator that will allow you to estimate your retirement benefit based on current information on file and when you plan to retire. Also, when you access this area, you will be able to input your e-mail address, and eventually, we will be able to send notices and communicate electronically. As of the time this letter was written, the “Members Section” was under construction, however we hope to have it up as soon as possible.
We encourage you to explore our web site and become familiar with the options it has to offer. We also invite your feedback, both good and bad on how we may improve the site and our services to fit our members’ needs. You may do this through the Webmaster. You may also ask any other questions via the Contact Us section.