If you did not receive a ballot for the Fall Active Member Election or your ballot is spoiled, please complete a Ballot Affidavit Form for a replacement.  An eligible voter is responsible for having this affidavit notarized before returning it to the Fund USPS, Fax, or Fund registered email.  As an alternative, an eligible voter may complete the affidavit form digitally through the ID.me verification process, please click this link to complete the affidavit:  ID.me Ballot Affidavit Request. Once the affidavit is filed, a new ballot will be issued and sent USPS to the registered address on file with the Fund.

FABF Welcomes You

The Firemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago (FABF), established in 1887, was created for the purpose of providing retirement, disability, death, and survivor benefits for fire service employees and their dependents. They are employed under the provisions of the Municipal Personnel Ordinance of the City of Chicago. This site is intended to assist these employees and their dependents in planning for retirement and managing their benefits by providing tools and resources such as the retirement estimator, news regarding the Fund, event details and required forms. The Fund is governed by Chapter 40, Act 5, Article 6 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes.

About FABF

Looking for Board policies and resolutions? A list of current Trustees? A list of current Vendors and Consultants? Want to contact the senior staff? We’ve got all this gathered for you here.

FABF Members

Fire service employees —Active, Annuitants and Dependents— can find information regarding their benefits, Tier 1 & 2 definitions, retirement estimators and a summary of benefits here.

Investments

How are the assets allocated? Want a list of current Investment Managers? What is the Investment Policy?

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Meetings

Monthly retirement board meetings are held typically at 8:30am on the third Wednesday of the month at the Fund Office. They are open to membersand the public.

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Fund Reports

Regulatory reports, reports to participants (past and current) as well as audited and actuarial reports can all be found here.

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Current News

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