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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Former EMT battalion chief Kiefer paid in $245K to pension fund, could collect $5.37M in retirement

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Former EMT battalion chief Alfred Kiefer, who retired in October 2018, saved $244,693 toward a pension over 32 years working for fire departments, Firemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Kiefer would collect as much as $5.37 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Kiefer received $112,861 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 3 years of retirement, Kiefer will have already received $348,842 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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