75.400 Definitions for KRS 75.400 to 75.460.
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75.400 Definitions for KRS 75.400 to 75.460.
As used in KRS 75.400 to 75.460, unless the context requires otherwise: <br>(1) "Commission" means the Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and
Education, attached to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.
(2) "Fire department" includes all of the officers, firefighters, and clerical and
maintenance employees, whether paid or volunteer.
(3) "Full-time paid firefighter" means an individual who receives a minimum salary of
eight thousand dollars ($8,000) annually, and who works a minimum of two <br>thousand and eighty (2,080) hours per year as an employee of a fire department <br>recognized by the fire commission.
(4) "Paid fire department" means a fire department recognized by the commission, of
which at least fifty percent (50%) of its firefighters are full-time paid firefighters.
(5) "Volunteer fire department" means a fire department with a minimum of twelve
(12) members and a chief, at least one (1) operational fire apparatus or one (1) on <br>order, with fewer than fifty percent (50%) of its firefighters being full-time paid <br>firefighters.
Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 270, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 43, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.
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