Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 739 - KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM › Chapter 2 - Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education › Section 739 KAR 2:070 - Volunteer fire department loan fund

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				95A.262(4), (5), (13),
				(14)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				95A.240 authorizes the Kentucky Fire
				Commission to promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate the
				administration of the fund and further the purposes of
				KRS
				95A.200 to
				95A.300.
				KRS
				95A.262 authorizes the Kentucky Fire
				Commission to make low interest loans for the purchase of major equipment and
				construction of facilities to properly trained volunteer fire departments which
				do not have other sources of funds at rates which are favorable given their
				financial resources. This administrative regulation establishes criteria for
				qualifying for the loan and the mandatory procedures to be followed in
				obtaining and repaying the loan.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Accessory
			 equipment" means ladders, hoses, self-contained breathing apparatus, portable
			 pump and hard suction hoses, nozzles, power extrication tools, and protective
			 equipment necessary to carry out the ordinary functions of supporting
			 firefighting activities.
(2)
			 "Apparatus equipment" means NFPA-complaint pumpers, rescue pumpers, tankers,
			 aerial equipment, rescue equipment, specialty fire apparatus equipment, and
			 other large equipment used for firefighting operations.
(3) "Approved" means approved by the
			 commission or its authorized designee for a particular purpose.
(4) "Commission" is defined by
			 KRS
			 95A.210(1).
(5) "Committee" means the loan committee of
			 the Kentucky Fire Commission.
(6)
			 "Communications equipment" means equipment or system, or both, necessary for
			 the transmission and reception of signals, by voice, required to support the
			 operations of the volunteer fire department.
(7) "Eligible" means a volunteer fire
			 department that has met the training requirements and is in good standing for
			 receipt of state aid pursuant to
			 739 KAR 2:050 and the loan
			 request requirements of this administrative regulation.
(8) "Emergency" means fire department
			 equipment, apparatus, or facilities have been damaged, destroyed or rendered
			 inoperable and established firefighting capacity is reduced to a level
			 affecting public safety.
(9)
			 "Facilities" means any structure or portion of a structure intended for storage
			 or protection of firefighting equipment including rooms or spaces designed and
			 used for firefighting training.
(10) "Local government" is defined by
			 KRS
			 95A.210(5).
(11) "NFPA" means the National Fire
			 Protection Association.
(12)
			 "Protective equipment" means clothing or equipment used by firefighters which
			 affords protection from injury to the wearer or user including items such as
			 fire coats, boots, helmets, and turnout pants meeting current NFPA
			 standards.
(13) "Specialty fire
			 apparatus equipment" means command, chief, first response, and other specialty
			 equipment used for firefighting equipment.
(14) "Volunteer fire department" means a fire
			 department recognized by the Kentucky Fire Commission as having a membership of
			 more than fifty (50) percent of its members being full-time volunteer
			 firefighters.
(15) "Volunteer fire
			 department loan fund" means the fund established pursuant to
			 KRS
			 95A.262(14).