KRS 39B.090: Liability for loss or damage to equipment used -- Reimbursement of

compensation and expenses of employees.

(1) The city, county, urban-county government or charter county government, in which

any equipment is used pursuant to this chapter shall be liable for any loss or damage

thereto and shall pay any expense incurred in the operation and maintenance

thereof. No claim for loss, damage, or expense shall be allowed unless, within sixty

(60) days after it is sustained or incurred, an itemized written not ice of the claim

under oath is served by mail or otherwise upon the chief fiscal officer of the county,

urban-county, charter county, or city where the equipment was used. The county,

urban-county, charter county, or city which is aided pursuant to this ch apter shall

also reimburse the county, urban -county, charter county, or city furnishing the aid

for the compensation paid to employees furnished under this chapter during the time

of the rendition of the aid, and shall defray the actual traveling and maint enance

expenses of the employees while they are rendering the aid. Reimbursement shall

include any amounts paid or due to compensation due to personal injury or death

while employees are engaged in rendering aid. The term "employee" as used in this

section shall mean, and the provisions of the section shall apply with equal effect to,

paid, volunteer, or auxiliary employees, and other local emergency management

agency or disaster and emergency response workers.

(2) The rights, privileges, and obligations set out in this section shall also apply if aid is

rendered outside the Commonwealth. Payment or reimbursement in this case shall

be made by the state or political subdivision receiving the aid pursuant to a

reciprocal mutual aid agreement or compact with an other state or by the federal

government.