Arkansas Code Title 24. Retirement and Pensions § 24-11-833. Fire-related service

(a) A member of a firemen’s relief and pension fund who has fire-related service with the municipal government is entitled to purchase credited service in the system equivalent to the amount of employment service he or she has with the municipal fire department in a position as fire-related employment service up to a maximum of three (3) years of credited service, provided that the member contributes to the system an amount as the Arkansas Fire and Police Pension Review Board shall determine would be actuarially equivalent to the value of the service purchased.

(b) The board shall have the final power to determine the value of the service purchased.

(c) Service credit purchased under this section may be used to determine the member's total credited service for the amount upon retirement and shall not be used to determine his or her final average pay for service under the system.

(d) As used in this section, “fire-related service” means service with a municipality that has firefighters covered under a firemen’s relief and pension fund in a job or in a paid position within a covered fire department or fire department where the person performs duties that are related to the delivery of fire services, including service such as a fire department radio dispatcher or other similar service.