Chief / Command Staff / Executive Leadership
For the Fire Service Chief / Command Staff / Executive Leadership
You take care of everyone else. Who's taking care of you?
You've spent your career making sure your people are prepared, protected, and looked after. As you approach the later chapters of your own career, two things deserve real attention: the financial readiness of the people under your command and your own retirement, which is more complex than most advisors appreciate.
What You May Be Up Against
- Your people are underprepared and you see it every day
Financial stress is connected to retention, burnout, and performance. Firefighters who feel trapped by their financial situation are harder to lead and harder to keep. Providing them with real financial education isn't just a wellness initiative, it's a leadership one. - Your own retirement is more complicated than a standard plan handles
Approaching maximum pension, DROP decisions, deferred compensation timing, and the reality of post-uniform identity. Command-level retirement requires planning that most generic advisors have never done before. - Wellness programs that promise value and deliver nothing
You've seen the programs that come through promising financial education and leaving your people with a sales pitch. We understand the skepticism. Our education sessions are built around content first with no obligation attached.
What Anew Provides
- Department financial wellness education at no cost
Retirement readiness trainings, pension and 457 education, and financial wellness trainings delivered to your department at no charge. Your people get real knowledge. Nothing comes out of your budget. - Member Roadmap meetings
Individual Financial Roadmap sessions for your firefighters who want to go deeper - helping them see exactly where they stand and what it takes to retire with options rather than obligations. - Personal retirement planning
A comprehensive planning conversation for you covering the complexity of DROP decisions, pension timing, deferred comp strategy, and what retirement actually looks like beyond the badge.
Why Anew Advisors
- We come in as educators not salespeople. Your department endorses nothing. We earn the relationship through the quality of what we deliver.
- No cost to the department. Education programs are provided at no charge. Members who want individual planning engage with us on their own.
- Former first responders on our team. We know how departments work, what chiefs care about, and how to earn trust in a room full of skeptical firefighters.
- Your people leave every session with something real and useful not a brochure and a business card.
If You're Not Sure This Is The Right Fit, We've Heard That Before.
Here are the most common reasons chiefs and command staff hesitate and what we'd say in response.
You might be thinking: "The city handles benefits."
The city handles enrollment. We handle understanding - and the gap between what's available and what people actually use is enormous. Your firefighters deserve both.
Or: "I don't have budget for an outside program."
We don't charge the department. Education sessions are delivered at no cost. Nothing comes out of your budget. Your people walk away with real knowledge and that's the whole point.
Or: "We don't want to endorse an outside advisor."
We work with leadership to provide financial education in a way that fits the department, respects the chain of command, and gives members access to useful information without creating an administrative burden.
"Chief, you spend all day taking care of everyone else. Who is looking out for your retirement?"