Monroe Firefighters Local 3824

08/28/2026

08/20/2026

This week, Fire Marshal Vance is in Florida attending specialized training to further enhance the capabilities of the Monroe Fire Department Fire Investigation Bureau.

Continued training and education remain a priority within our local. We are fortunate to have a Fire Administration that supports and invests in our members, providing opportunities to attend specialized training and bring that knowledge back to our department.

Fire Marshal Vance’s commitment to professional development is another example of our continued pursuit to better serve and keep Monroe safe.

08/08/2026

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08/07/2026

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07/24/2026

Congratulations to Brother Aj Sackenheim and Brother Jacob Wagner on successfully completing your probationary period!

Reaching this milestone is a testament to your dedication, hard work, and commitment to the fire service. Completing probation is just the beginning of what we know will be outstanding careers serving the City of Monroe and our community.

On behalf of the members of IAFF Local 3824, congratulations, brothers. We are proud to have you as members of our Local and look forward to standing beside you for many years to come.

Congratulations, Brothers! 🚒💪

07/20/2026

Crews honing in on skills this morning.

Crews performed scenarios that incorporated both Fire and EMS components. Such as victim rescue in respiratory arrest, and a cardiac arrest with ROSC on a rooftop.

07/15/2026

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE MASON POLICE ASSOCIATION, MASON PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS IAFF LOCAL 4049, AND TRUCK DRIVERS, CHAUFFEURS AND HELPERS LOCAL UNION 100

The Mason Police Association, Mason Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 4049, and Truck Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local Union 100 jointly condemn the City of Mason’s ongoing pattern of anti-union conduct and disregard for the collective bargaining rights of its public employees.

The City of Mason’s employees provide essential public services every day. Police officers, firefighters, emergency personnel, public works employees, and other bargaining-unit members protect this community, respond to emergencies, maintain public safety, and perform the work that allows the City to function. These employees deserve respect, fair treatment, due process, and compliance with the collective bargaining agreements the City voluntarily entered.

Instead, City leadership has created an increasingly hostile and toxic labor environment.

The City Manager, the Assistant City Manager, and the Department Heads who serve under them have engaged in and tolerated conduct that undermines collective bargaining, chills union activity, and punishes employees for asserting their rights. This includes violations of collective bargaining agreements, reprisals and threats of reprisals against employees who exercise contractual rights, vindictive and retaliatory decision-making, denial of basic due process, and the scapegoating of individual employees to create fear and intimidation within the workforce.

This conduct is unacceptable.

Collective bargaining agreements are not suggestions. They are binding legal obligations. Due process is not an inconvenience to be discarded whenever management wants a particular outcome. Union representation is not a privilege granted by City officials when they find it convenient. These are basic rights secured through collective bargaining and protected by law.

The unions have observed a troubling pattern in which City leadership attempts to isolate individual employees, exaggerate or manufacture alleged misconduct, deny due process, and use discipline or threats of discipline to send a message to the rest of the workforce: challenge management at your own risk.

That message will not be accepted.

The employees represented by our organizations will continue to assert their rights. They will continue to insist that the City comply with its contracts, policies, and legal obligations. And they will continue to stand together when City leadership attempts to intimidate, retaliate, or divide the workforce.

The City of Mason’s residents deserve stable, professional, and well-functioning public services. That requires leadership that respects employees, honors contracts, and resolves disputes fairly. The current approach by City Administration is damaging morale, undermining trust, weakening public services, and exposing taxpayers to unnecessary legal and financial consequences.

We call upon Mason City Council to take immediate notice of this pattern of conduct and to hold City Administration accountable. The City Manager, Assistant City Manager, and Department Heads are not above the law, not above the collective bargaining agreements, and not entitled to govern the workforce through fear.

The Mason Police Association, Mason Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 4049, and Teamsters Local 100 stand united in opposition to anti-union conduct, retaliation, intimidation, and the denial of due process.

We will defend our members. We will enforce our contracts. And we will not allow City leadership to create a workplace where public employees are afraid to exercise their rights.

Mason Police Association
Mason Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 4049
Truck Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Local Union 100

07/08/2026

Our condolences go out to our brothers and sisters from Liberty Township Professional Fire Fighters Local 4394

06/28/2026

Remembering Firefighter Kenny Ellis — 15 Years Later

Today marks 15 years since we lost Brother Kenny Ellis. Firefighter Ellis passed away on June 28, 2011, after a courageous 3-year battle with Stage 4 brain cancer considered to be linked to his occupation as a firefighter. Since his cancer was job-related, Kenny's passing was recognized as a Line of Duty Death.

Kenny dedicated 28 years of his life to the Fire Service, beginning in 1983 when he became a firefighter. He joined the City of Monroe Fire Department on May 15, 2000 — bringing an extraordinary level of experience, professionalism, and passion with him.

Known for his upbeat spirit, calming presence, and contagious sense of humor, Kenny was simply a joy to be around.

As President of Monroe Firefighters Local 3824 for over 6 years, Kenny helped build the very foundation of the union we are proud of today. Kenny was crucial in establishing a labor/management relationship with the City and Fire Department Administration and led the charge to get the IAFF Union logo on our uniforms and vehicles. These traditions that Kenny began still continue today. When cancer forced his retirement, his brothers and sisters in Local 3824 stepped up without hesitation — working his shifts for months so Kenny could keep his paycheck and benefits. That is the brotherhood Kenny helped create.

Fifteen years gone, never forgotten. His legacy lives on in every member he mentored, every recruit he inspired, and every life he touched. Our thoughts continue to be with Kennys wife and kids as we mark the anniversary of his passing.