If you are no longer eligible or choose not to participate in the fund for any reason other than retirement or death, you can receive a refund of your contributions.
To receive a refund, complete Form 5FR (Withdrawing Contributions from the Firefighters’ and Rescue Squad Workers’ Pension Fund) found in ORBIT, and file it with the pension fund. No interest will be paid on the amount of the refund.
If you withdraw from the pension fund, you will receive both your contributions and contributions paid by others on your behalf.
Please note, if you withdraw your contributions, you forfeit your retirement service credit and any rights to retirement benefits. Also, you will not be able to purchase any refunded or withdrawn contributions in the future.
When you turn age 55, if you are a member of the pension fund but do not qualify to receive a benefit, the amount you paid into the fund can be refunded to you. If you do not qualify because you have not yet completed 20 years of service, you may continue working toward your service goal.
If the pension fund was ever unable to pay all benefits in full, all benefit payments would be reduced. When it again became able, the fund would resume paying benefits in full. The fund would not owe back-payments.
If you previously received a refund from the fund and later wish to rejoin, you may do so by completing a new enrollment application (Form 350). After rejoining the fund, you will not be eligible to purchase service credits for your previously withdrawn account.
This page was last modified on 09/10/2024