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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95.275 (2026)

Fire department platoons -- Hours of work -- Effect on pay

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The fire department of each first-class city shall be divided into three (3) platoons. Each platoon shall be on duty for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours after which the platoon serving twenty-four (24) hours shall be allowed to remain off duty for forty-eight (48) consecutive hours, except in cases of emergency. The chief of the fire department shall arrange the schedule of working hours to comply with the provisions of this section. The pay, rank or benefits, of the members and officers of the fire department, shall not be reduced as a result of this section. History: Created 1964 Ky. Acts ch. 30, sec. 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1975–2009 · leading case: Metro Louisville/Jefferson Cnty. Gov't v. Abma, 326 S.W.3d 1 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009).
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Metro Louisville/Jefferson Cnty. Gov't v. Abma, 326 S.W.3d 1 (Ky. Ct. App. 2009). “The debate between a forty-hour work week and a fifty-six hour work week is rooted in KRS 95.275 which requires all firefighters to be available for work at all hours and prohibits an employer from reducing a firefighter's pay, rank or benefits as a result of working forty-eight…”
Commonwealth, Labor Cabinet v. Hasken, 265 S.W.3d 215 (Ky. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “KRS 95.275. A typical schedule for a firefighter is twenty-four (24) hours on and forty-eight (48) hours off.”
Kentucky Mun. League v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Labor, 530 S.W.2d 198 (Ky. Ct. App. 1975). “” 1 Appellants point out that KRS 95.275 and KRS 95.500 require that city fire departments be divided into three platoons and that “Each platoon shall be on duty for twenty-four (24) consecutive hours, after which the platoon serving twenty-four (24) hours shall be allowed to…”
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