RCW 41.18.010 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter, unless clearly indicated otherwise by the context, words and phrases shall have the meaning hereinafter ascribed. (1) “Basic salary” means the basic monthly salary, including longevity pay, attached to the rank held by the retired firefighter at the date of his or her retirement, without regard […]
RCW 41.18.015 Pension boards—Members—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Quorum. (1) There is hereby created in each fire protection district which qualifies under this chapter, a firefighters’ pension board to consist of the following five members, the chairperson of the fire commissioners for said district who shall be chairperson of the board, the county auditor, county treasurer, and in addition, two […]
RCW 41.18.020 Powers and duties of board. The board, in addition to such general and special powers as are vested in it by the provisions of chapter 41.16 RCW, which powers the board shall have with respect to this chapter shall have power to: (1) Generally supervise and control the administration of this chapter; (2) […]
RCW 41.18.030 Contributions by firefighters. Every firefighter to whom this chapter applies shall contribute to the firefighters’ pension fund a sum equal to six percent of his or her basic salary which shall be deducted therefrom and placed in the fund. [ 2007 c 218 § 44; 1961 c 255 § 2; 1955 c 382 […]
RCW 41.18.040 Retirement for service—Widow’s or widower’s pension—Payments to children. Whenever any firefighter, *at the time of taking effect of this act or thereafter, shall have been appointed under civil service rules and have served for a period of twenty-five years or more as a member in any capacity of the regularly constituted fire department […]
RCW 41.18.042 Actuarially reduced retirement allowance—Spousal benefit. (1) Any retired firefighter married to a spouse ineligible for survivor benefits under RCW 41.18.040, 41.18.080, and 41.18.100 may choose an actuarially equivalent benefit adopted by the board that pays the retired firefighter a reduced retirement allowance, and upon death such portion of the retired firefighter’s reduced retirement […]
RCW 41.18.045 Pension benefits for widows or widowers of unretired, eligible firefighters—Retroactive. Upon the death of a firefighter who is eligible to retire under RCW 41.18.040 as now or hereafter amended, but who has not retired, a pension shall be paid to his widow or her widower at the same monthly rate that he or […]
RCW 41.18.050 Disablement in line of duty—Retirement. Every firefighter who shall become disabled as a result of the performance of duty may be retired at the expiration of six months from the date of his or her disability, upon his or her written request filed with his or her retirement board. The board may, upon […]
RCW 41.18.060 Disablement in line of duty—Inactive period—Allowance—Medical, hospital, nursing care. Whenever the retirement board, pursuant to examination by the board’s physician and such other evidence as it may require, shall find a firefighter has been disabled while in the performance of his or her duties it shall declare the firefighter inactive. For a period […]
RCW 41.18.080 Payment upon disablement not in line of duty. Any firefighter who has completed his or her probationary period and has been permanently appointed, and sustains a disability not in the performance of his or her duty which renders him or her unable to continue his or her service, may request to be retired […]
RCW 41.18.090 Examination of disability pensioners—Restoration to active duty. The board shall require all firefighters receiving disability pensions to be examined every six months: PROVIDED, That no such examinations shall be required if upon certification by physicians the board shall formally enter upon its records a finding of fact that the disability is and will […]
RCW 41.18.100 Payment on death in line of duty or while retired on account of service-connected disability. In the event a firefighter is killed in the performance of duty, or in the event a firefighter retired on account of service-connected disability shall die from any cause, his widow or her widower shall receive a monthly […]
RCW 41.18.102 Applicability of RCW 41.18.040 and 41.18.100. The provisions of RCW 41.18.040 and 41.18.100 shall be applicable to all firefighters employed prior to March 1, 1970, but shall not apply to any former firefighter who has terminated his or her employment prior to July 1, 1969. [ 2007 c 218 § 52; 1969 ex.s. […]
RCW 41.18.104 Annual increase in benefits payable on retirement for service or disability—Appeals. The amount of all benefits payable under the provisions of RCW 41.18.040, 41.18.080, 41.18.100 and 41.18.200 as now or hereafter amended, shall be increased annually as hereafter in this section provided. The local pension board shall meet subsequent to March 31st but […]
RCW 41.18.130 Payment on separation—With less than twenty-five years service or less than fifty years of age—Option to be classified as vested firefighter. Any firefighter who shall have served for a period of less than twenty-five years, or who shall be less than fifty years of age, and shall resign, or be dismissed from the […]
RCW 41.18.140 Funeral expenses. The board shall pay from the firefighters’ pension fund upon the death of any active or retired firefighter the sum of five hundred dollars, to assist in defraying the funeral expenses of such firefighter. [ 2007 c 218 § 54; 1961 c 255 § 7; 1955 c 382 § 13.] NOTES: […]
RCW 41.18.150 Credit for military service. Every person who was a member of the fire department at the time he or she entered and served in the armed forces of the United States in time of war, whether as a draftee, or inductee, and who shall have been discharged from such armed forces under conditions […]
RCW 41.18.160 Certain firefighters may elect to be covered under other law. Every firefighter as defined in this chapter heretofore employed as a member of a fire department, whether or not as a prior firefighter as defined in chapter 41.16 RCW, who desires to make the contributions and avail himself or herself of the pension […]
RCW 41.18.165 Credit for membership in private organization acquired by municipality. Every person who was a member of a firefighting organization operated by a private enterprise, which firefighting organization shall be hereafter acquired before September 1, 1959, by a municipality as its fire department as a matter of public convenience or necessity, where it is […]
RCW 41.18.170 Application of chapter. The provisions of this chapter governing contributions, pensions, and benefits shall have exclusive application (1) to firefighters as defined in this chapter hereafter becoming members of a fire department, (2) to firefighters as defined in this chapter heretofore employed in a department who have not otherwise elected as provided for […]
