Employee Spotlight–Stephen Webber

BY BATTALION CHIEF SHANE ANDERSON

Steve started full-time with Roy City in 2021 after doing an internship with us. He came to Roy City Fire Department after a 21-year career with the United States Air Force.

It didn’t take long to see that Steve was a highly motivated and driven individual. Steve expects the best out of himself and shows up to work every day willing to do whatever he can to help Roy City and to better himself in the process. In his first year here, there were not a lot of Engineer Driver classes being offered due to the post-Covid issues. He took it upon himself to do an independent self-study course and obtained his Apparatus driver certifications for both pumper and aerial, passing both exams on the first attempt. He uses these certifications often as he is one of the fill-in engineers on our shift, and we depend on him heavily for this. Steve has become a mentor for all our firefighters that are learning how to perform in this job. He is a lead instructor in our bootcamp, which is a weeklong training for all the new hires showing them the expectations and standards of this job.

Steve is constantly gaining all the education that he can. He just finished up a master’s degree while working full-time and still continues to take more classes.