2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 95 - CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 95.500 Powers and duties of chief of fire department -- Hours of work and annual leave of firefighters -- Cities of second class or urban-county governments.
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95.500 Powers and duties of chief of fire department -- Hours of work and
annual leave of firefighters -- Cities of second class or urban-county
governments.
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The chief of the fire department in cities of the second class or urban-county
governments, or an officer acting under his authority, shall be present at all
fires and investigate their cause. He may examine witnesses, compel the
production of testimony, administer oaths, make arrests, and enter any building
for the purpose of examination that, in his opinion, is in danger from fires. He
shall report his proceedings to the city legislative body when required.
The chief shall direct and control the operations of the members of the fire
department in the discharge of their duties. He shall have access to and use of
all cisterns, fireplugs, the waters of the waterworks, and the cisterns of private
persons, for the purpose of extinguishing fires. He shall have the right to
examine all cisterns, and all plugs and pipes of the waterworks, to see that they
are in condition for use in case of fire. He shall have control of all buildings,
hose, engines, and other equipment provided for the fire department. He shall
perform such other duties as the legislative body shall, by ordinance, prescribe.
The fire department of each city of the second class or urban-county
government shall be divided into three (3) platoons. Each platoon, excluding
the chief and the assistant chief in fire departments in cities of the second
class, shall be on duty for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, after which the
platoon serving twenty-four (24) hours shall be allowed to remain off duty for
forty-eight (48) consecutive hours, except in cases of dire emergency. The
chief of the fire department shall arrange the schedule of working hours to
comply with the provisions of this section. The pay, rank, or benefits of the
members and officers of the fire department shall not be reduced as a result of
this subsection.
In each city of the second class or urban-county government, all employees of
the fire department shall be given not less than two (2) weeks leave of absence
annually, with full pay.
Effective:July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 1, effective July 14, 2000. -Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 3, sec. 1. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 248,
sec. 13. -- Amended 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 257, sec. 1. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts
ch. 7, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1,
1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3142, 3235dd-35.
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