Recruiting Statement for Primary FF/LEO Positions

The following statement may be modified to meet the firefighter or law enforcement position advertised and are suggested to be included on vacancy announcements for primary positions filled by permanent or TERM appointment (Maximum Entry Age does not apply to temporary appointments):

Applicants NOT currently in a special retirement position, must not have reached their (37th birthday for both firefighter and law enforcement positions) upon appointment to this position. Those over this maximum entry age MAY be eligible for reentry into a primary firefighter or law enforcement officer position IF there is prior Federal service, creditable toward retirement in covered law enforcement officer or firefighter positions, and the prior service is sufficient to permit retirement on, or before, the mandatory retirement age for these types of positions. ONLY SERVICE CREDITABLE TOWARD SPECIAL RETIREMENT MEETS THIS DEFINITION (E.G., Permanent or Term service in a covered position, and temporary service in a covered position prior to 1989, etc.).

The maximum entry age requirement does apply to:

• All positions covered as primary/rigorous, including those positions which are pending coverage approval.

The maximum entry age requirement does not apply:

• When filling a position not subject to either CSRS or FERS retirement system;

• To a DOI employee who moves directly from one rigorous law enforcement officer or firefighter position to another.

• Secondary positions are not subject to MEA requirements.

K Employees in primary positions are subject to MANDATORY SEPARATION @ with: 

• 20 years covered/creditable service and age 57 for both firefighter and law enforcement officer positions.

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