SMAFC Membership Meeting

SMAFC Membership Meeting

Thursday, January 29, 2026

8:30 AM - Registration and Networking
2:00 PM - Lunch and Presentation

Only $25 Per Person!

L O C A T I O N

Troy Community Center
3179 Livernois Rd
Troy, MI 48083

P R E S E N T A T I O N S

Commanding the Next Chapter:
Retirement & Succession Planning for Fire Chiefs

Update from State Fire Marshal Tom Hughes

A G E N D A

8:30 AM
Registration and networking

9:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Topics to be presented include:

• Department Succession Planning
• • Fire department case study on planned fire chief retirement. Preparing your boss, department, and building a smooth transition.
• Financial Planning
• • Making the financial decision to retire - tax strategies, living expenses, investment strategies.
• Life Change
• • Preparing for the life change that comes with retirement.
• Panel Discussion – “What We Did Right and What We Would Change”
• • Discussion from retired fire chiefs on their experience leading to the decision to retire, life after retirement, when the emails and calls stop, things they did well, things they would change.

11:30 PM – 12:30 PM

• Lunch & Southeast Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs meeting

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

• Update from State Fire Marshal Tom Hughes