Firefighters' Scheme
The Firefighters' Scheme is made up of three different schemes. Please use the links below to select the scheme that applies to you.
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Firefighters’ Scheme
The Firefighters’ pension scheme is a defined benefit occupational pension scheme which is guaranteed and backed by law. The scheme changed on 1st April 2015 from a Final salary scheme to a Career Average Revalued Earnings scheme (CARE).
- Members starting after 1st April 2015 will join the 2015 scheme.
- Unprotected members of the 1992 and 2006 Final salary schemes moved into the 2015 scheme on 1 April 2015.
- Protected members of the 1992 and 2006 schemes, depending on the level of protection, will have moved into the 2015 scheme on 1 April 2022 or sooner, when their protection ceases.
