2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .240   Investigating and reporting on fires.

227.240 Investigating and reporting on fires. The chief of each fire department, sheriff, or local deputy marshal ordered under KRS 227.230 shall immediately investigate the origin and circumstances of a fire in his area and determine the cause of the fire so far as practicable. If it appears that the fire is of suspicious origin he shall immediately notify the state fire marshal and the commissioner of the State Police. Effective: June 17, 1978 History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 305, sec. 5, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 4. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 5.