This section of the website is for firefighters who joined the Fire & Rescue service from 1st April 2015, or who transfer into this scheme at a later date, from either the 1992 or 2006 Scheme.
The Firefighters Pension Scheme 2015 (FPS 2015) operates as a Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) scheme, which is a form of defined benefit pension scheme. The pension a firefighter will earn each year is based on their pensionable pay in that year and is increased by a set revaluation rate, linked to inflation, for each year up to retirement or leaving. The final pension is calculated by adding together the pension earned in each year of membership.