The Firefighters' Pension Modeller
The Firefighters' Pension Modeller is temporarily unavailable while it is updated with new factors and assumptions and then tested. We anticipate this update will take up to four weeks.
During this time, you will not be able to access the modeller. All other areas of the SPPA website will continue to work as normal.
We understand this may be inconvenient and are grateful for your patience while we carry out these essential updates to ensure calculations remain accurate and up to date.
Need help?
If you need support while the modeller is unavailable, you can:
- Visit our guidance pages for general pension information
- Contact us directly with your query
The modeller will be available again as soon as the updates are complete.
Understand how much you’ll get
In this section:
- Annual Benefit Statements
- Estimates and Pension calculator
Annual Benefit Statements
Annual Benefit Statements
The SPPA have a legal duty to provide you with regular details of your estimated pension benefits.
We automatically produce Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) for Firefighters' pension scheme members who are in active employment.
2015 Remedy
On 1 April 2022, the 1992 and 2006 Firefighters' schemes closed to any future pension build-up. Members were moved into the 2015 Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) Pension Scheme.
Eligible members will have the option to choose between their legacy or reformed scheme benefits when they retire. This choice relates to pension benefits built up during the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022 and the information about the choice will be sent to retiring members in a choice letter called a ‘Remediable Service Statement’ (RSS).
To illustrate what this will mean for your own pension benefits during your working career your ABS will be combined with an RSS in a document called an ‘ABS-RSS’. The ABS-RSS estimates your benefits in both the legacy scheme and reformed scheme.
Accessing your Annual Benefit Statement
If you work for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, you can register for our online member portal where you can see and print copies of your annual benefit statement.
Your Annual Benefit Statement estimates your pension benefits built up to the end of the most recent financial year. This is based on your pensionable service and / or your salary details, which are confirmed by your employer.
Using a Financial Adviser
If you’re still working for the Fire Service, SPPA can’t provide your Financial Adviser with an estimate.
You can download your ABS from our online member portal and send it to them directly.
If you have left Fire Service employment, we can accept requests from financial advisers as long as they can provide a mandate signed by you, authorising the release of the requested information.
We will provide a statement showing the value of your pension benefits when they were preserved and guidance on using our Preserved Calculator.
More information can be found at The Money and Pensions Service
Pension Estimates and Calculators
Firefighters' Pension Calculator
The Firefighters' Pension Modeller
The Firefighters' Pension Modeller is temporarily unavailable while it is updated with new factors and assumptions and then tested. We anticipate this update will take up to four weeks.
During this time, you will not be able to access the modeller. All other areas of the SPPA website will continue to work as normal.
We understand this may be inconvenient and are grateful for your patience while we carry out these essential updates to ensure calculations remain accurate and up to date.
Need help?
If you need support while the modeller is unavailable, you can:
- Visit our guidance pages for general pension information
- Contact us directly with your query
The modeller will be available again as soon as the updates are complete.
Further reading
Firefighters’ Pension Calculator FAQs
Glossary of commonly used terms.