2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 95A - FIRE PROTECTION PERSONNEL
95A.040 Powers of commission -- Firefighter physical agility test -- Administrative regulations.
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The commission shall make full and complete studies, recommendations and
reports to the Governor, the Kentucky Community and Technical College
System, and the Legislature for the purpose of establishing:
(a) Minimum standards and education of fire protection personnel appointed
to positions in municipal fire departments, who are to be engaged in fire
protection to include fire suppression, fire prevention, arson investigation,
and other allied fields;
(b) Basic minimum courses of training for fire protection personnel;
(c) Procedure for the certification of fire protection personnel and the
certification of fire protection instructors. The commission may provide
financial support for certification, and this support may include the cost of
training, training aids, and salaries of instructors; and
(d) Administrative regulations to require that each volunteer firefighter be
able to read, write and understand the English language, is a person of
sobriety and integrity, is and has been an orderly, law-abiding citizen, is a
citizen of the United States, a permanent resident of the United States, or
otherwise lawfully present in the United States, and has reached the age
of eighteen (18).
(a) The commission shall establish by administrative regulation a candidate
physical agility test to be administered to all candidates for professional
firefighter positions. For the provisions of this section, "professional
firefighter" shall include any paid firefighter who is a member of a:
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Municipal fire department organized under KRS Chapter 95;
Fire protection district organized under KRS Chapter 75;
County fire department created pursuant to KRS Chapter 67;
Fire department under the jurisdiction of a consolidated local government;
Fire department under the jurisdiction of a charter county government;
Fire department under the jurisdiction of an urban-county government;
Fire department under the jurisdiction of a unified local government; or
Fire department created under KRS Chapter 273.
The candidate physical agility test shall establish uniform standards of the
physical abilities required for all firefighter candidates. The candidate
physical agility test shall be required for all firefighter candidates hired on
or after January 1, 2013.
After June 25, 2009, the commission shall establish procedures for
individual firefighter candidates to voluntarily take the candidate physical
agility test. The commission shall also establish procedures for fire
departments listed under paragraph (a) of this subsection to voluntarily
require firefighter candidates hired by them to have successfully
completed the candidate physical agility test. The procedures in this
paragraph shall be established by administrative regulation.
The candidate physical agility test shall be designed to assess a
candidate's ability to handle the physical demands of fighting fires and
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shall include exercises that simulate the most common tasks involved in
fire suppression. These exercises shall include but are not limited to stair
climb, hose drag, equipment carry, ladder raise and extension, forcible
entry, search, rescue, ceiling breach, and pull.
(e) The commission may establish a fee to be charged to candidates
participating in the candidate physical agility test. The fee shall be no
greater than an amount specified by the commission to cover the costs of
implementing and administering the candidate physical agility test.
(f) The commission shall promulgate administrative regulations, pursuant to
KRS Chapter 13A, to establish and implement the candidate physical
agility test and to carry out any other responsibility assigned by this
section. The administrative regulations shall be promulgated no later than
October 1, 2009.
The commission shall have the authority to:
(a) Certify fire protection training and education programs as having attained
the minimum required standards suggested by the commission, and
provide financial support for the provision of training, training aids, and
salaries of instructors in order to achieve these minimum standards;
(b) Certify instructors as having qualified as fire protection instructors under
such conditions as the commission may prescribe;
(c) Direct research in the field of fire protection and accept gifts and grants
for such purposes; and
(d) Recommend curricula for advanced courses and seminars in fire science
training in colleges and institutions of higher education.
The commission shall have authority to receive and, to the extent required by
federal law, to disburse all grants and funds from the federal government for
the purpose of fire protection personnel training and education. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the commission shall administer all state programs
and all state and federally funded grant programs related to fire protection
personnel training and education.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 41, sec. 1, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
2008 Ky. Acts ch. 77, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 2000 Ky. Acts
ch. 270, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 386, sec. 1, effective July 14,
2000. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 170, sec. 2. -- Created 1970 Ky. Acts
ch. 171, secs. 3 and 7.
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