Campbell v. Board for Volunteer Firefighters

To be eligible for a pension, a volunteer fire fighter must be an “active member” of a fire department as well as a fire fighter. Here, the State Board for Volunteer Fire Fighters denied John Campbell pension credit for the years 1997 and 1998 because during those years Campbell’s activities in the department were minimal and mostly unrelated to fire fighting. The trial court reversed the Board’s decision. We reinstate the Board’s decision. The Board’s factual findings are supported by the evidence and the Board was correct as a matter of law.

FACTS

Between 1990 and 1996, John Campbell was a…