Firefighters 2006 scheme – Active 

What is final pensionable pay?

What is final pensionable pay?

In most cases this will be your pensionable pay averaged over the last 365 days of pensionable service. It would not, however, include those payments which have been treated as pensionable for providing “Additional Pension Benefits”.

If either of the two preceding periods of 365 days would produce a greater amount, the final pensionable pay from one of those earlier periods could be substituted. This protects your pension if you have a reduction in pay in your last couple of years' service. If you have a reduction in pay earlier on in your service, the "two pension option" could help you.

If your hours of employment are less than whole-time, although your pensionable service will be pro rated to reflect your hours, the final pensionable pay used in the pension calculation will be the final pensionable pay you could have counted if you had been whole-time.

What if you are a retained firefighter?

For part-time and whole-time regular firefighters, the pensionable pay used in the pension formula for a retained firefighter will be the final pensionable pay that would have been used for a regular whole-time firefighter in a similar role and with similar qualifying service. In most cases this would be the (whole-time) pensionable pay averaged over the last 365 days of pensionable service.

It would not, however, include those payments which have been treated as pensionable for providing “Additional Pension Benefits”.

If either of the two preceding periods of 365 days would produce a greater amount, the final pensionable pay from one of those earlier periods could be substituted. This protects your pension if you have a reduction in pay in your last couple of years' service. If you have a reduction in pay earlier on in your service, the "two pension option" could help you.