KRS 227.370: Inspection of property by fire chief or other department personnel --

Inspection and investigation reports.

(1) The chief of the fire department of a city, or any officer or member of his

department designated by him for that purpose, is authorized to inspect all property

for the purpose of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions likely to

cause fire loss, or determining the cause or origin of any fire loss, or discovering

any violation of a law or ordinance relating to fire prevention and protection. This

authority shall apply to the interior of occupied, private dwellings only when a fire

loss has occurred therein or when the officer has reason to believe that unsafe

conditions exist in the building. Inspections of property in the territory served by the

fire department shall be made as often as practicable or as often as the city

legislative body may direct.

(2) A written report of each inspection shall be made and kept on file in the office of

the chief of the fire department. Report s of investigations of fire losses conducted

by a fire department may, in the discretion of the chief of the fire department, be

withheld from the public.