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National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Inc. recognition of League City Volunteer Firefighter Captain Steve Jones (Mayor Hallisey)
Background:
The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Inc. is a federally chartered non-profit corporation that describes its purpose as "maintaining and extending the institutions of American freedom, an appreciation for true patriotism, a respect for our national symbols, and the value of American citizenship”. Sons of the American Revolution is a patriotic organization.
The local chapter goes city to city in their district to recognize volunteers, those who served, and those who lead the community. This quarter they chose the City of League City as the city in which to look for someone who loves America and has served for our freedom.
Steve Jones joined the department in May of 2008, and has been a hard charger ever since. Steve has moved through the ranks becoming a Lieutenant, and Captain at League City Fire Station No. 5. Captain Jones has been instrumental to the technology department with originally helping with the management of our Firehouse software, creating reports, streamlining data, and creating custom auditing features. Later, Captain Jones helped create a Google Extension for our scheduling software When to Work, that allowed an ease of signing up for shifts for our firefighters, along with a module that allowed administrators to have an easier time identifying the total hours a Firefighter has for one particular shift. These items are not available in the current versions of the software, but were created in his own time for the betterment of the department. He is now heavily involved with rolling out our new dispatch notification software, Rover, that will give our responding crews better access to city information, such as hydrant locations, pre-plans, and Fire Marshal inspection notes. All of these technological advancements have helped with reducing respo...
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