Firefighters initially had a compulsory pension age of 60 years established by the Fire Brigades’ Pensions Act 1925. This was lowered to 55 years for firefighters up to and including the rank of Station Officer (now Watch Manager B) by subsequent legislation. However the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Regulations 2006 closed the 1992 scheme to new entrants and introduced a Normal Pension Age (NPA) of 60 years. The Hutton report of 2010 recommended that the Government should consider setting a NPA of 60 years as the benchmark for all Uniformed Services Schemes.
