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San Marcos Fire Department pins badges, swears in probation-complete firefighters and recognizes promotions
Summary
The City of San Marcos fire department celebrated four firefighters finishing probation, held oath and badge-pinning ceremonies and recognized promotions including an engineer and a battalion chief; Assistant Chief Jonathan Henderson led remarks and family members assisted with pinning.
The City of San Marcos fire department held a ceremonial recognition during the meeting to mark the completion of probation for several firefighters and to recognize promotions within the department.
Jonathan Henderson, assistant chief fire marshal for the City of San Marcos Fire Department, introduced the event and thanked staff and families: "We are very excited to be here today to celebrate many milestones for the San Marcos fire department," he said. Henderson identified four individuals who completed probation and congratulated them for becoming full-fledged firefighters, and he named Kacen Brown (finished 03/15/2026) during his remarks.
Those completing oaths of office recited the standard pledge to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of the state" before receiving badge pinning by family members. The ceremony also included recognition of Travis Sanders, who the transcript indicates was promoted to engineer on March 1, 2025, and Brian Quackenbush being sworn as battalion chief; family members and colleagues joined in congratulating the newly promoted personnel.
The item was ceremonial and focused on personnel recognition; no policy or budget actions were recorded as part of the ceremony.
