Sanford Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3996

02/09/2026

01/16/2026

Please join us in congratulating FF Shane Stalker. He has completed the 1 year paramedic program at Seminole State College of Florida - Center for Public Safety and passed the required national testing. He is now a Florida certified Paramedic, congratulations FF/PM Stalker!

01/16/2026

Please join us in congratulating FF Levi Moyer. He has completed the 1 year paramedic program at Seminole State College of Florida - Center for Public Safety and passed the required national testing. He is now a Florida certified Paramedic! Congratulations FF/PM Moyer!

11/27/2025

Take a note City of Sanford, FL Government stop fighting your first responders and stop threatening to give us away to Seminole county because you can’t competently manage us with the largest tax base in Seminole county. Take pride in your public safety like The city of Winter Park! They truly understand the value of their public safety and your employees are getting tired of constantly fighting to stay competitive when they can just leave to a city that appreciates them.

Nov. 13, 2025 By Beth Kassab The base pay for Winter Park firefighters will increase by 12% this year, along with additional cost-of-living and merit raises, under a new three-year contract with the department’s union. The City Commission approved the contract with little discussion in a 4-0 vo

10/27/2025

10/22/2025

Promotion announcement!

We are pleased to announce the promotion of FF/PM Ryan Swetitsch to the position of Lieutenant effective Saturday, November 8th. Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Swetitsch on his promotion to B-Shift Lieutenant!

10/22/2025

Promotion announcement!

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Lieutenant Aaron Hinson to the rank of Battalion Chief-EMS effective Monday, November 10th. Please join us in congratulating Battalion Chief Hinson on his promotion!

BC Hinson will serve alongside BC Treloar as he prepares for a well deserved retirement!

10/15/2025

Promotion announcement!

We are pleased to announce the promotion of FF/PM Jeffery Tobolski to position of Training Lieutenant effective Saturday, October 25th. Please join us in congratulating Lieutenant Tobolski on his promotion!

The Training Lieutenant is a newly added position that will fall under the direction of the Battalion Chief of Training (Battalion Chief Frost).

Congratulations Lieutenant Tobolski!

09/22/2025

09/14/2025

City of Sanford, FL Government We urge every citizen of Sanford to listen to this message, along with the city council members, mayor, and city managers. The city has repeatedly entertained the idea of giving our fire department over to the county. Let that sink in… A city with a 200+ million dollar budget trying to pawn off the core purpose of government which is protecting its people, the fire department is only 15 million dollars of their yearly budget. The city has continually come in under budget and their reserves grow by millions every year. We applaud the citizens on speaking up and stopping a fire tax they did not agree to, the city has plenty of your money already. We welcome the State of Florida CFO and his team to come clean up Sanford and get this city back to running efficiently.