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Wash. Rev. Code § 41.24.020 (2026)

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(1) Every municipal corporation maintaining and operating a regularly organized fire department shall make provision by appropriate legislation for the enrollment of every firefighter under the relief provisions of this chapter for the purpose of providing protection for all its firefighters and their families from death, sickness, injury, or disability arising in the performance of their duties as firefighters. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any municipality from providing such additional protection for relief as it may deem proper.
(2) Any municipal corporation maintaining and operating a regularly organized fire department may make provision by appropriate legislation allowing any member of its fire department to enroll under the retirement pension provisions of this chapter.
(3) Every municipal corporation shall make provisions for the collection and payment of the fees provided under this chapter, and shall continue to make such provisions for all firefighters who come under this chapter as long as they shall continue to be members of its fire department.
[ 1999 c 148 s 2; 1989 c 91 s 9; 1945 c 261 s 2; Rem. Supp. 1945 s 9578-16.]

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Effective date—1989 c 91: See note following RCW 41.24.010.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1977–2005 · leading case: Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 153 Wash. 2d 19 (Wash. 2004).
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Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 153 Wash. 2d 19 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 9× “020(2), which include “retirement payments for the performance of service,” RCW 41.24.010(12). Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers 4 are optional.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 100 P.3d 814 (Wash. 2004). · cites it 9× “Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers [4] are optional.”
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 120 P.3d 941 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 3× “Second, does the portion of the VFFA premiums paid by the Town constitute wages under the IIA? The VFFA mandates that local governments using volunteer fire fighters "shall make provision by appropriate legislation ... [to] provid[e] protection for all its fire fighters and…”
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 155 Wash. 2d 527 (Wash. 2005). · cites it 2× “” RCW 41.24.020(1) (emphasis added). The VFFA does not provide comprehensive medical insurance coverage and could be better, albeit crudely, described as reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of duties.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 117 Wash. App. 542 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 3× “This statement of the legislative purpose apparently was based on RCW 41.24.020(1), which authorizes municipalities to enroll fire fighters in the benefit system “for the purpose of providing protection for all its fire fighters and their families from death, sickness, injury,…”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Firefighters, 72 P.3d 239 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “This statement of the legislative purpose apparently was based on RCW 41.24.020(1), which authorizes municipalities to enroll fire fighters in the benefit system "for the purpose of providing protection for all its fire fighters and their families from death, sickness, injury,…”
Buchanan v. Washington State Bd. for Volunteer Firemen, 562 P.2d 242 (Wash. 1977). “040 provides that if a fire protection district fails to pay its fees into the state trust fund "no fireman shall forfeit his right to participate in the relief and compensation provisions of this chapter by reason of nonpayment.”
Tumwater Police Officers' Guild v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 9 P.3d 225 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “261, § 2(b) (current version at RCW 41.24.020(2)). The Act further provided: “Every municipal corporation shall make provisions for the collection and payment of the fees .”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 41.24.020(1) — 7 cases
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 120 P.3d 941 (Wash. 2005). “Second, does the portion of the VFFA premiums paid by the Town constitute wages under the IIA? The VFFA mandates that local governments using volunteer fire fighters "shall make provision by appropriate legislation ... [to] provid[e] protection for all its fire fighters and…”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 153 Wash. 2d 19 (Wash. 2004). “020(2), which include “retirement payments for the performance of service,” RCW 41.24.010(12). Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers 4 are optional.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 100 P.3d 814 (Wash. 2004). “Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers [4] are optional.”
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 155 Wash. 2d 527 (Wash. 2005). “” RCW 41.24.020(1) (emphasis added). The VFFA does not provide comprehensive medical insurance coverage and could be better, albeit crudely, described as reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of duties.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 117 Wash. App. 542 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “This statement of the legislative purpose apparently was based on RCW 41.24.020(1), which authorizes municipalities to enroll fire fighters in the benefit system “for the purpose of providing protection for all its fire fighters and their families from death, sickness, injury,…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 41.24.020(2) — 7 cases
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 153 Wash. 2d 19 (Wash. 2004). “020(2), which include “retirement payments for the performance of service,” RCW 41.24.010(12). Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers 4 are optional.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 100 P.3d 814 (Wash. 2004). “Municipalities are required to provide relief benefits for fire fighters and emergency medical personnel whereas such benefits for reserve officers [4] are optional.”
Schrom v. Bd. for Volunteer Fire Fighters, 117 Wash. App. 542 (Wash. Ct. App. 2003). “This statement of the legislative purpose apparently was based on RCW 41.24.020(1), which authorizes municipalities to enroll fire fighters in the benefit system “for the purpose of providing protection for all its fire fighters and their families from death, sickness, injury,…”
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 155 Wash. 2d 527 (Wash. 2005). “” RCW 41.24.020(1) (emphasis added). The VFFA does not provide comprehensive medical insurance coverage and could be better, albeit crudely, described as reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of duties.”
Doty v. Town of South Prairie, 120 P.3d 941 (Wash. 2005). “Second, does the portion of the VFFA premiums paid by the Town constitute wages under the IIA? The VFFA mandates that local governments using volunteer fire fighters "shall make provision by appropriate legislation ... [to] provid[e] protection for all its fire fighters and…”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 41.24.020(3) — 1 case
Tumwater Police Officers' Guild v. Emp. Sec. Dep't, 9 P.3d 225 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “261, § 2(b) (current version at RCW 41.24.020(2)). The Act further provided: “Every municipal corporation shall make provisions for the collection and payment of the fees .”
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