KRS 75.160: Attendance of chief at board meetings -- Definition of chief -- Members as

peace officers.

(1) The chief of the fire department in fire protection districts shall attend all sessions

of the board, except executive sessions, and he shall execute all the orders of the

board. Whenever "chief" is used in KRS 75.100 to 75.260, it shall include the

assistant chief when the chief is not on duty.

(2) The regular members of the fire department in fire protection districts, except

volunteer firemen, shall have th e same powers of arrest as now given by law to

sheriffs of this Commonwealth and they are hereby expressly declared conservators

of the public peace whose duties, in addition to their other prescribed duties, are to

conserve the peace, enforce all laws and preserve order, and they shall have and are

hereby expressly given the same right and the same power to arrest, search and seize

as is now given by law to sheriffs of this Commonwealth, and they shall be at all

times subject to the orders of the county ju dge/executive in which the fire district

lies while enforcing the provisions of this section. Provided, however, that members

of said fire departments shall not have the power to serve subpoenas, summonses

and notices in civil cases and they shall receive no fees for performing any of the

duties prescribed in this section as pertains to powers of law enforcement. The

members shall constitute a law enforcement agency in addition to the patrol and

investigation functions of the sheriff and his deputies under KRS 75.150 to 75.170.