{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-75.100","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 75.100","heading":"Definitions for KRS 75.100 to 75.260.","body":"As used in KRS 75.100 to 75.260, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(1) \"Chairman\" means the chairman of the board of trustees of a fire protection district\norganized under the provisions of KRS 75.010 to 75.080, or the chairman of the\ngoverning board of a volunteer fire department.\n(2) \"Fire protection district\" means fire districts organized under KRS 75.010 to\n75.080.\n(3) \"Board\" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district organized under\nKRS 75.010 to 75.080 and the governing board of a volunteer fire department.\n(4) \"Fire department\" means the officers, firefighters, and clerical or maintenance\nemployees, including the chief and assistant chief of the department.\n(5) \"Chief\" means the chief of the fire department of a fire protection d epartment\norganized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department.\n(6) \"Employees\" means all persons employed, and paid wages, salary, or other\ncompensation for services performed, by the board of trustees of a fire protection\ndistrict organized under KRS 75.010 to 75.080 and of a volunteer fire department.\nThe term \"employees\" does not include any individual who is a volunteer as defined\nin subsection (14) of this section.\n(7) \"Member\" shall include the chief and all officers; all firefight ers, including\nvolunteer, paid, regular, and special firefighters; and all employees of a fire\ndepartment, a fire protection district, or of a volunteer fire department.\n(8) \"Salary\" and \"wages\" mean any compensation received by an employee by reason of\nhis employment for services performed for a fire protection district or volunteer fire\ndepartment.\n(9) \"Suspension\" means the separation of an employee from the service for a temporary\nor fixed period of time, by his appointing authority, as a disciplinary measure.\n(10) \"Dismissal\" means the discharge of an employee by lawful authority.\n(11) \"Trustees\" means the board of trustees of a fire protection district and of a volunteer\nfire department.\n(12) \"Regular firefighters\" means all firefighters who are member s of a fire protection\ndistrict, except for special firefighters appointed by the chairman of the board of\ntrustees pursuant to KRS 75.110.\n(13) \"Paid firefighters\" means all firefighters who are employees of the fire protection\ndistrict or volunteer fire department district.\n(14) \"Volunteer\" means any person who is a member of a fire protection district or\nvolunteer fire department who volunteers to provide services for the fire protection\ndistrict or volunteer fire department, if the individual receives no salary, wages, or\nother compensation for services performed, or if the individual is paid expenses,\nreasonable benefits, or a nominal fee to perform the services for which the\nindividual volunteered, and the servic es are not the same type of services which the\nindividual is employed to perform for the fire protection district or volunteer fire\ndepartment.","path":["KRS Chapter 75"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24445","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"d102d4c6fc4e285b7efb5422a787cf283be0b5a62fa3bcdc0d90028df27ba3b2","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-75.080","next":"us-ky/krs-75.110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}