Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 75.050 (2026)

Contracts by fire units or districts, cities and counties, for fire protection

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Any fire protection district created as provided in KRS 75.010, and any fire protection district or fire prevention district hereafter created pursuant to present or future law, and any municipal corporation, volunteer fire department, volunteer fire prevention unit, or volunteer fire protection unit, may, through its governing body, make and enter into contracts with any other fire protection district, fire prevention district, municipal corporation, volunteer fire department, volunteer fire prevention unit, or volunteer fire protection unit, either within the same county or within an adjoining county in an area adjacent to the boundary line between the counties, for the furnishing or receiving of fire protection services for all property within the confines of the area included in and covered by the contract or contracts, where such fire protection is not otherwise provided by some division of government or governmental agency. Similar contracts may be made and entered into between any county and an adjoining county, or between any county and any one (1) or more municipalities or districts, departments or units of the character above mentioned, located either within the county or within an adjoining county in an area adjacent to the boundary line between the counties. The personnel and equipment of a contracting party, in going to and returning from a fire, or in answering and responding to a false fire alarm or call, and while endeavoring to extinguish fires within the area covered by the contract, shall be deemed and hereby is declared to be engaged in the exercise of a governmental function. History: Amended 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 1. -- Created 1944 Ky. Acts ch. 133, sec. 5.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1978–2020 · leading case: Caneyville Volunteer Fire Dep't v. Green's Motorcycle Salvage, Inc., 286 S.W.3d 790 (Ky. 2009).

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Caneyville Volunteer Fire Dep't v. Green's Motorcycle Salvage, Inc., 286 S.W.3d 790 (Ky. 2009). · cites it 2× “KRS 75.050 authorizes a fire protection district to enter into contracts on its own behalf.”

Barber v. Comm'r of Revenue, 674 S.W.2d 18 (Ky. Ct. App. 1984). “It further alleges that it may enter into contracts for furnishing and receiving such things as fire protection services, citing KRS 75.050. It then cites *21 KRS 92.290 for the proposition that all real and personal property within the city is subject to assessment and taxation…”

Effinger v. Fern Creek Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc., 564 S.W.2d 847 (Ky. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 3× “They contend that KRS 75.050 limits the authority of the District to contract for fire protection services to areas outside its boundaries, or areas within its boundaries where it cannot provide adequate fire protection.”

Upper Pond Creek Volunteer Fire Dep't, Inc. v. Ronnie Kinser (Ky. 2020). “Accordingly, the circuit court (1) overruled the Motion to Alter, Amend, or Vacate to the extent it applied to any allegations against Pond Creek related to “any acts or omissions to act or negligence while answering an alarm, performing fire prevention services, or other duly…”

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