Volunteer Requirements

Definitions:

The Plan: Volunteer Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, and Search & Rescue Pension Plan
Volunteer Organization: A volunteer fire department or county search and rescue.
Volunteer(s): Firefighter, Emergency Medical Technician, or Search and Rescue personnel.

Compliance:

In an ongoing effort to ensure that Volunteer Organizations participating in the Plan comply with Wyoming law and WRS regulatory requirements, ten (10) departments will be randomly chosen twice per calendar year for an audit.

Attendance Requirements

Volunteer Fire:	State Statute[W.S. § 35-9-616 (a)(x)(B)]Requires that during the course of any one (1) year, attends not less than fifty percent (50%) of the monthly volunteer fire department meetings.
Search and Rescue:	State Statute [W.S. § 35-9-616 (a)(xii)(B)] requires agencies hold not less than two (2) meetings per month and requires each volunteer search and rescue person to attend not less than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of meetings held each month.

Any Volunteer that does not meet the attendance requirement as herein interpreted will have his/her contributions for the calendar year returned and lose 12 months of service credit.

Contact Employer Reporting

For information about monthly pension contributions and reporting, your organization joining WRS, employer agreements, or other employer questions call

(307) 777-2077