Pursuant to KRS 95.830, fire apparatus of the division of fire and emergency services of the urban county may be operated and used outside the urban county in conformity with the following regulations:
(1) Upon the order of the fire chief or acting chief, the division of fire and emergency services shall have the authority to respond to all fires, hazardous materials releases, or other similar emergencies at the West Hickman Creek Treatment Plant located in Jessamine County.
An emergency will be deemed to exist when the chief or officer in charge at the scene of the fire believes that serious danger of loss of property or life may reasonably result unless assistance is had from the division of fire and emergency services of the urban county.
In the event fire units from both Jessamine County and the urban county government respond to an emergency at the West Hickman Creek Treatment Plant, by virtue of the fact that the urban county government units are responding for the purpose of protecting property of the urban county government, the ranking officer of the division of fire and emergency services shall be deemed the incident commander.
(2) In the event of a serious conflagration or other emergency in a surrounding county in which a disastrous and extensive loss of property or life of citizens of that jurisdiction is involved or is threatened and the fire department of such jurisdiction cannot reasonably be expected to prevent such loss, the mayor or his designee may, in his discretion, order such units of the division of fire and emergency services of the urban county to assist in the prevention of such loss upon call for assistance from the chief executive officer of such nearby jurisdiction or the chief of the fire department thereof. Units of the division of fire and emergency services may likewise respond to surrounding counties when there are incidents which do not pose a threat of disastrous and/or extensive loss of life, but which require special equipment and/or training which the local jurisdiction does not possess.
When units from the division of fire and emergency services respond to such calls for assistance, the ranking fire officer of the jurisdiction making the request shall be deemed the incident commander.
(3) In exercising the discretion to send equipment of the division of fire and emergency services out of the corporate limits of the urban county as above set out, the mayor and the fire chief shall at all times ascertain to the best of their ability the necessity for such assistance and shall also give primary and due consideration to the requirements of adequate fire protection for the urban county.
(Ord. No. 2059, § 15, 12-26-46; Ord. No. 155-87, § 1, 7-9-87; Ord. No. 24-91, § 1, 2-21-91)