Utah Code 49-16-103. Creation of system

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Employer: means any department, educational institution, or political subdivision of the state eligible to participate in a government-sponsored retirement system under federal law. See Utah Code 49-11-102
Firefighter service: means employment normally requiring an average of 2,080 hours of regularly scheduled employment per year rendered by a member who is:
          (5)(a)(i) a firefighter service employee trained in firefighter techniques and assigned to a position of hazardous duty with a regularly constituted fire department;
          (5)(a)(ii) the state fire marshal appointed under Section 53-7-103 or a deputy state fire marshal; or
          (5)(a)(iii) an emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 49-16-102
Retirement: means the status of an individual who has become eligible, applies for, and is entitled to receive an allowance under this title. See Utah Code 49-11-102
System: means the Firefighters' Retirement System created under this chapter. See Utah Code 49-16-102

There is created for members performing firefighter service and who are employed by a participating employer the “Firefighters’ Retirement System.”