2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 39F - LOCAL RESCUE PROGRAMS - STATE AND LOCAL SEARCH AND RESCUE PROGRAMS 39F.070 Specialized rescue squad -- Activities permitted.
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39F.070 Specialized rescue squad -- Activities permitted.
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A specialized rescue squad shall engage in one or more of the activities listed
in the definition of a specialized rescue squad. A specialized rescue squad may
engage in any other activity, other than the ones prohibited by law or
administrative regulation, if the activity is specified in its mission statement.
A specialized rescue squad shall not engage in a general rescue squad activity
as a primary mission unless it meets the requirements of subsection (3) of this
section. A specialized rescue squad may engage in a general rescue squad
activity as an initial responding unit within its service area, however, upon
responding to that activity, the highest officer in command of the response shall
cause the immediate notification of the appropriate general rescue squad for
assistance, the local director, and the duty officer of the Division of Emergency
Management.
A specialized rescue squad may engage in a general rescue squad activity if:
(a) That activity is specified in its mission statement;
(b) The rescue squad has twelve (12) persons including a commanding
officer from within the membership of the specialized rescue squad whose
mission statement is to engage in the general rescue squad activity;
(c) The persons assigned to the general rescue squad activity meet the
training requirements specified by statute and administrative regulation;
(d) The rescue squad has the equipment required by administrative
regulation to engage in general rescue squad activity as listed in its
mission statement; and
(e) The rescue squad has a vehicle for transporting the required equipment
to the scene.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 89, effective July 15, 1998.
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