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, lost, or overdue person or persons; (2) Cave rescue;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 39F.210

  • Rescue: means gaining access, rendering appropriate care, and transporting of a person or persons by whatever means, to a safe environment for appropriate care. See Kentucky Statutes 39F.010
  • Search: means the process of looking for a person or persons whose location is not precisely known, and who may be in distress. See Kentucky Statutes 39F.010

(3) Dive rescue and recovery of drowning victims; (4) Inland water search, rescue, and recovery;
(5) Search dogs and handlers; testing and certification; (6) Urban search and rescue; and
(7) High angle or rough terrain rescue and recovery.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 103, effective July 15, 1998.