Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 227.400 (2026)

Owner to keep property safe from fire -- Public and employees to be kept

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out of unsafe buildings -- Volunteers only to be used for private company's employee fire brigade.

(1) No owner shall fail to furnish and use reasonable adequate protection and safeguards against fire loss, or fail to adopt and use processes and methods reasonably adequate to render such places safe from fire loss.

(2) No owner shall require or allow the public or any employee to go into or be in any property under his control which is not reasonably safe from the fire loss.

(3) Private companies which use employees to form a fire brigade to fight fires at their plant or on the premises of the company shall use the employees for the fire brigade only if the employees volunteer. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 414, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1954 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 21.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1966–1995 · leading case: Adams v. Miller, 908 S.W.2d 112 (Ky. 1995).

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Adams v. Miller, 908 S.W.2d 112 (Ky. 1995). · cites it 12× “The statute we review today, KRS 227.400 is also silent on the issue of whether smoke detectors must be installed in single family residences.”

Louisville Trust Co. v. Nutting, 437 S.W.2d 484 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “Appellant contends that KRS 227.400(1) imposed an additional duty on appellee.”

Home Ins. Co. v. Hamilton, 253 F. Supp. 752 (E.D. Ky. 1966). · cites it 2× “KRS § 227.400 (1955). Any person who violates any section of the enabling legislation or any of the lawful regulations enacted thereunder is subject to criminal sanction.”

— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 227.400(1) — 1 case

Louisville Trust Co. v. Nutting, 437 S.W.2d 484 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Appellant contends that KRS 227.400(1) imposed an additional duty on appellee.”

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