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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Commission” means the Kentucky Fire Commission established pursuant to KRS 95A.020;
(2) “Established work schedule” means a work schedule adopted by or required of a local government setting a recurring pattern for time on and off duty for professional firefighters employed by the local government. An established work schedule includes but is not limited to a schedule of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours on duty, followed by forty-eight (48) consecutive hours off duty;
(3) “Executive director” means the executive director of the Kentucky Fire Commission;
(4) “Fund” means Firefighters Foundation Program Fund;
(5) “Local government” means any city, county, urban-county government, charter county government, unified local government, consolidated local government, air board created under KRS Chapter 183, or any combination thereof of the Commonwealth;
(6) “Professional firefighter” means any member of a paid municipal fire department organized under KRS Chapter 95, 67A, or 67C, a fire protection district organized under KRS Chapter 75, a county fire department created pursuant to KRS Chapter 67, or any firefighter employed by an air board created under KRS Chapter 183;
(7) “Program” means the Alan “Chip” Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program for firefighters established in KRS 95A.292;
(8) “Scheduled overtime” means work by a professional firefighter in excess of forty (40) hours per week which regularly recurs as part of an established work schedule; and
(9) “Unscheduled overtime” means work by a professional firefighter in excess of forty (40) hours per week which does not regularly recur as part of an established work schedule.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title IX. Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units § 95A.210.Definitions for KRS 95A.200 to 95A.300 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-ix-counties-cities-and-other-local-units/ky-rev-st-sect-95a-210/
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