Ky. Rev. Stat. § 95A.210 (2026)

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. Effective: July 15, 2020 History: Amended 2020 Ky. Acts ch. 91, sec. 48, effective April 15, 2020; and ch. 67, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2020. -- Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 1, effective March 25, 2019. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 33, sec. 1, effective March 20, 2009. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 3, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 373, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. 2024-2026 Budget Reference. See State/Executive Branch Budget, 2024 Ky. Acts ch. 175, Pt. I, J, 11, (2) at 1879. Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2020). This statute was amended by 2020 Ky. Acts chs. 67 and 91, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been codified together.