KRS 75.100: Definitions for KRS 75.100 to 75.260.

As used in KRS 75.100 to 75.260, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Chairman" means the chairman of the board of trustees of a fire protection district

organized under the provisions of KRS 75.010 to 75.080, or the chairman of the

governing board of a volunteer fire department.

(2) "Fire protection district" means fire districts organized under KRS 75.010 to

75.080.

(3) "Board" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district organized under

KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and the governing board of a volunteer fire department.

(4) "Fire department" means the officers, firefighters, and clerical or maintenance

employees, including the chief and assistant chief of the department.

(5) "Chief" means the chief of the fire department of a fire protection d epartment

organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department.

(6) "Employees" means all persons employed, and paid wages, salary, or other

compensation for services performed, by the board of trustees of a fire protection

district organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department.

The term "employees" does not include any individual who is a volunteer as defined

in subsection (14) of this section.

(7) "Member" shall include the chief and all officers; all firefight ers, including

volunteer, paid, regular, and special firefighters; and all employees of a fire

department, a fire protection district, or of a volunteer fire department.

(8) "Salary" and "wages" mean any compensation received by an employee by reason of

his employment for services performed for a fire protection district or volunteer fire

department.

(9) "Suspension" means the separation of an employee from the service for a temporary

or fixed period of time, by his appointing authority, as a disciplinary measure.

(10) "Dismissal" means the discharge of an employee by lawful authority.

(11) "Trustees" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district and of a volunteer

fire department.

(12) "Regular firefighters" means all firefighters who are member s of a fire protection

district, except for special firefighters appointed by the chairman of the board of

trustees pursuant to KRS 75.110.

(13) "Paid firefighters" means all firefighters who are employees of the fire protection

district or volunteer fire department district.

(14) "Volunteer" means any person who is a member of a fire protection district or

volunteer fire department who volunteers to provide services for the fire protection

district or volunteer fire department, if the individual receives no salary, wages, or

other compensation for services performed, or if the individual is paid expenses,

reasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform the services for which the

individual volunteered, and the servic es are not the same type of services which the

individual is employed to perform for the fire protection district or volunteer fire

department.