RCW 41.18.150: Credit for service in armed forces or uniformed services.

(1) Every person who was a member of the fire department at the time he or she entered and served in the armed forces or uniformed services of the United States in time of war, whether as a draftee, or inductee, and who shall have been discharged from such armed forces or uniformed services under conditions other than dishonorable, shall have added and accredited to his or her period of employment as a firefighter his or her period of war or peacetime service in the armed forces or uniformed services: PROVIDED, That such added and accredited service shall not as to any individual exceed five years.

(2) As used in this section, "uniformed services" includes the United States public health service commissioned corps and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration commissioned officer corps.