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Truth About Firefighter Retirement Benefits.” The truth of their truth deserves scrutiny.

“Firefighters do not receive social security.” This may or may not be true. The governor’s Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2012 (PEPRA) includes language specifically for those firemen who do receive social security. It also includes higher pensionable salary caps for those who do not receive Social Security, making the above claim somewhat moot. In any case, it is a red herring. The benefits firefighters receive far exceed those offered by Social Security, whose maximum benefit today for retirement at the full retirement age of 66 is $31,704 per year