Title V, Military Affairs

The following definitions apply in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Developmental disability" has the same meaning as in KRS 387.510; (2) "General rescue squad" means a rescue squad which performs one (1) or more of the following functions as a stated miss…

jurisdiction -- Functions -- Public notification of lost or missing impaired persons. (1) Rescue squads may be formed and duly authorized to perform in the public interest. Authorization to operate within a jurisdiction may be granted by the chief elected official of each urban-c…

agreement and alternative vehicle and equipment requirements. (1) A rescue squad which proposes to provide regional or statewide specialized rescue services may apply to the director for an alternative affiliation agreement and alternative vehicle and equipment requirements in li…

general rescue squad. (1) One or more persons with search dogs and handlers may constitute a specialized rescue squad using search dogs, under the terms and conditions as specified in writing by the director; (2) Each handler of a dog shall have a vehicle available for the transp…

(1) A general rescue squad shall be organized pursuant to KRS 39F.020 or 39F.030 and shall engage in one or more of the activities listed in the definition of a general rescue squad. A general rescue squad may engage in any other activity, other than ones prohibited by law or adm…

(1) A general rescue squad may engage in general and any specialized rescue squad activity utilizing one or more vehicles that hold all of the equipment required for both the general and specialized rescue squad activities specified in its mission statement. (2) A specialized res…

(1) A specialized rescue squad shall engage in one or more of the activities listed in the definition of a specialized rescue squad. A specialized rescue squad may engage in any other activity, other than the ones prohibited by law or administrative regulation, if the activity is…

The director of the Division of Emergency Management shall appoint a state coordinator of search and rescue, who shall: (1) Identify, inventory, and coordinate resources available for searches and rescues; (2) Investigate and apply for grants and other financial assistance for se…

(1) The local search and rescue coordinator of each political subdivision, appointed in accordance with KRS 39F.200, shall be responsible for coordinating and planning for local search and rescue activities. Operation of search and rescue activities shall be in accordance with th…

The Rescue Aid Program, which is administered pursuant to this chapter and appropriations in the state budget, is designed to: (1) Reduce and prevent the loss of life by creating a better equipped, trained, and coordinated rescue force throughout the Commonwealth; (2) Upgrade the…

responsibilities. (1) The director of the division shall have overall responsibility for policy, guidance, administration, implementation, and proper utilization of the rescue aid fund. (2) The director shall serve as principal liaison between the division and local officials par…

procedures -- Bylaws -- Rescue vehicle -- Membership -- Training -- Affiliation -- Service fee prohibited. In order to ensure that rescue squads seeking funding under the rescue grant program achieve and maintain compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the following requi…

(1) A rescue grant fund project application shall be initiated by the chief rescue officer and forwarded to the local emergency management director. The local director shall review all applications for completeness and accuracy, prioritize and consolidate the applications, and ma…

(1) The rescue squad shall order or purchase with state or federal grant funds only the approved equipment, services, or training, and no other, within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of the grant funds and shall provide a copy of all paid invoices as well as proof of payment, (…

operate -- Quarterly incident and training reports. (1) A report shall be made by the chief officer of the rescue squad to the local director and the area manager of the division within forty-eight (48) hours when: (a) Accountable equipment purchased with rescue aid funds is lost…

(1) A rescue squad taxing district may be created by the fiscal court pursuant to KRS 65.182 or 65.188. (2) The ad valorem tax that may be imposed for the maintenance and operation of the district shall not exceed ten cents ($0.10) for each one hundred dollars ($100) of the asses…

of access to professional development and wellness program. The division shall enter into an agreement with the Kentucky Fire Commission to provide rescue squad members with access to the program under KRS 95A.292.

Rescue squad organizations or members of them or individuals associated with them for the purposes of receiving workers' compensation benefits paid by the division shall be covered by those benefits when performing emergency preparedness, response, or recovery functions, with the…

rescue missions -- Golden Alert D -- Golden Alert -- Green Alert -- Administrative regulations on standard operating procedure -- Immediate search for lost, missing, or overdue person permitted. (1) All 911 centers and dispatch centers, law enforcement agencies, law enforcement d…

(1) Each local search and rescue coordinator shall assist local rescue squads in developing a comprehensive written search and rescue plan which shall address as a minimum: (a) Direction and control responsibilities or incident command system procedures; (b) Notification and repo…

Each local emergency management director shall assume the duties of, or appoint with the concurrence of the fiscal court, city governing body, urban-county council, consolidated local government, or governing body of other local government, a local search and rescue coordinator w…

The Division of Emergency Management may promulgate administrative regulations which address minimum training requirements and standards of response for individuals, agencies, and organizations who respond to the following search and rescue missions: (1) Searching for missing, lo…

proper care of lost persons with traumatic brain injury or developmental disability. (1) Each basic search and rescue course offered by or under the authority of the Division of Emergency Management shall contain not less than thirty (30) minutes of instruction in the behavioral …

Any person violating any provision of this chapter or any administrative regulation promulgated or order issued pursuant to this chapter for which another penalty is not specified shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.