Chapter 4 of Zhejiang Province Forest Fire Protection Regulations

Forest Fire Fighting

Article 24 Any unit or individual who discovers a forest fire should immediately call the police. False reporting of forest fire warnings is prohibited. Any unit or individual should facilitate reporting to the police free of charge. Article 25 After receiving a fire alarm, the forest firefighting headquarters (station) shall organize efforts to put out the fire in accordance with the provisions of the forest fire accident emergency plan, and report it level by level in accordance with the regulations. Article 26 When fighting forest fires, the forest fire fighting headquarters (station) has the right to decide to open isolation zones, remove obstacles, collect water, implement artificial rainfall enhancement, and implement local traffic control in accordance with the provisions of the forest fire accident emergency plan. , transfer personnel and other emergency measures. Fire-fighting vehicles performing the task of fighting forest fires are not subject to restrictions on driving routes, driving directions, driving speeds and signal lights, provided that safety is ensured. Other vehicles and pedestrians must give way. Article 27 After a forest fire is extinguished, the forest firefighting headquarters (station) shall conduct a comprehensive cleanup of the fire scene and leave sufficient personnel to guard the fire scene. Only after checking that there is no possibility of re-ignition can the guards be withdrawn. Article 28 Forest fire fighting shall be based on the principle of focusing on fighting by forest firefighting teams and combining fighting by the masses. The forest firefighting headquarters (station) uniformly organizes and mobilizes units and individuals to participate in fighting forest fires. It is prohibited for any unit or individual to mobilize disabled people, the elderly, pregnant women, primary and secondary school students and other minors to participate in forest fire fighting; if the above people participate voluntarily, relevant departments should discourage them. Article 29 Personnel who are injured, disabled or sacrificed due to fighting forest fires shall be provided with medical treatment and pensions by the people's government at the county level in accordance with relevant national and provincial regulations. For those who heroically sacrifice themselves in fighting forest fires and meet the conditions of revolutionary martyrs, the people's governments at or above the county level shall report to the provincial people's government for approval as revolutionary martyrs in accordance with relevant national regulations. Article 30 Forest fire fighting expenses shall be borne in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The expenses of professional and semi-professional forest fire brigade fighting local and unit forest fires shall be borne by the organizing unit; for cross-regional and cross-unit fighting, the expenses shall be borne by the fire department. The people's government of the place where the fire occurred shall pay; (2) The expenses for the village voluntary forest fire brigade and the masses to participate in the firefighting shall be paid by the perpetrator; if the perpetrator is unknown, the fire-initiating unit shall pay; the part that the perpetrator or the fire-initiating unit is indeed unable to pay shall be paid by the fire-fighting unit The people's government of the place of occurrence shall pay. The "fighting expenses" mentioned in the preceding paragraph include wages for lost work, missed meal allowances, loss of firefighting equipment and equipment, etc. for firefighters. Chapter 5 Safeguard Measures Article 31 The people's governments at or above the county level shall include the construction of forest fire protection infrastructure in the national economic and social development plan, and organize relevant departments and units to carry out the construction in a planned manner: (1) Set up fire danger early warning, fire protection (2) Set up fire isolation zones inside the forest, at the edge of the forest, and around villages, industrial and mining enterprises, warehouses, schools, military barracks, important facilities, scenic spots and historical sites, and revolutionary memorial sites in the forest area. Or create biological fire protection forest belts; (3) Build fire roads and establish fire protection material storage warehouses in important areas, particularly important areas and other key fire protection areas; (4) Establish a forest fire command and information system. The forest fire protection facilities supporting the construction project shall be planned, designed, constructed and accepted simultaneously with the construction of the project. Article 32 People's governments at all levels shall include forest firefighting funds in the fiscal budget of the same level to ensure the needs of forest firefighting work: (1) Daily working funds of the forest firefighting headquarters (station); (2) Forest firefighting infrastructure construction funds ; (3) Forest fire protection publicity and education funds; (4) Professional and semi-professional forest fire brigade equipment and training funds; (5) Subsidy funds for voluntary forest fire brigade; (6) Forest fire fighting funds. When the people's government at the higher level and the forestry administrative department allocate funds for forest firefighting, they should follow the principles of overall planning and graded burdens and give priority to areas with heavy forest firefighting tasks and underdeveloped economies. Article 33 People's governments at all levels shall support scientific research units and enterprises in carrying out scientific research on forest fire protection, promote advanced science and technology, and improve scientific fire-fighting capabilities.

Science and technology departments should prioritize forest fire protection science and technology research, promotion and application projects into national and local high-tech industry development plans. Article 34 Forest firefighting headquarters (stations) at all levels shall organize the forestry administrative departments and other relevant departments and units to insure personal accident insurance for the firefighters of professional and semi-professional forest firefighting brigades. The insurance premiums of village volunteer firefighters shall be subsidized by the local people's government or the forestry administrative department. Encourage units and individuals to participate in forest fire insurance. Article 35 Transportation and other relevant units are exempt from (collecting) vehicle purchase tax, vehicle tolls, radio communication frequency occupation fees and other relevant taxes on special forest firefighting vehicles and special radio stations that perform tasks of preventing and extinguishing forest fires. Article 36 Meteorological departments at all levels should do a good job in monitoring and forecasting forest fire danger levels. News media such as newspapers, radio, and television should publish forest fire danger level forecasts and high fire danger warnings free of charge. Chapter 6 Supervision and Management Article 37 The forestry administrative departments at all levels shall supervise and inspect the relevant units' compliance with forest fire protection laws, regulations and rules, as well as the relevant units' planning, design and construction of forest fire protection facilities, in accordance with the law. and acceptance; conduct regular analysis and research on supervision and inspection situations, and promptly identify fire hazards. Article 38 The forestry administrative department may determine key units for forest fire protection based on forest resources and fire hazard zoning standards. The forestry administrative department shall conduct supervision and inspection of key forest fire protection units. Article 39 If the forestry administrative department discovers the existence of forest fire hazards during supervision and inspection, it shall promptly issue a rectification notice and urge relevant units or individuals to make rectifications within a time limit and eliminate the hidden hazards in a timely manner. Article 40 After a forest fire is extinguished, the forestry administrative department at or above the county level shall organize a fire accident investigation to determine the cause of the fire, accident liability and fire losses. If the party concerned is dissatisfied with the determination conclusion, he shall apply for re-identification to the forestry administrative department at the next higher level within fifteen days of receiving the determination conclusion. The re-certification authority shall make a determination within thirty days from the date of acceptance of the application. Article 41 Forest firefighting headquarters at all levels shall release forest fire information in accordance with the prescribed authority. No other unit or individual may publish without authorization. Article 42 Forest fire protection offices at all levels shall conduct forest fire statistics in accordance with the provisions of the forest fire statistical reporting system and report to the superior competent department and the statistics department at the same level. Article 43 If any of the following circumstances occurs, the people's government at or above the county level shall provide rewards: (1) Strictly implement forest laws, regulations, rules and relevant national regulations, take effective preventive measures, and have not experienced forest fires for many consecutive years; ( 2) Playing an exemplary and leading role in fighting forest fires and making remarkable achievements; (3) Timely reporting forest fires when discovered, and doing their best to fight them to avoid causing heavy losses; (4) Timely stopping or reporting arson when arson is discovered; (5) Making outstanding contributions in investigating and handling forest fire cases; (6) Making inventions and creations in forest fire scientific research; (7) Other circumstances stipulated in laws, regulations, and rules. Chapter 7 Legal Responsibilities Article 44 Anyone who violates the provisions of these Regulations and commits one of the following acts during the forest fire prevention period, but does not cause a forest fire, shall be ordered by the forestry administrative department to stop the illegal act, given a warning, and imposed a fine: (1) Anyone who uses fire outdoors such as burning incense, paper, setting off firecrackers, roasting, picnicking, smoking, etc. shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan; (2) Anyone who uses fire for agricultural production without permission shall be fined 5 A fine of not less than 100 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan; (3) Anyone who uses fire for forestry production or engineering without permission shall be fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan for individuals, and not less than 10,000 yuan for units. A fine of not more than 50,000 yuan. "Article 45 Anyone who violates the provisions of these regulations and uses fire in the wild during the forest fire ban period or within the fire ban area, but does not cause a forest fire, shall be ordered by the forestry administrative department to stop the illegal behavior, given a warning, and the individual shall be fined 500 A fine of not less than RMB 3,000 but not more than RMB 3,000 shall be imposed on the unit, and a fine of not less than RMB 20,000 but not more than RMB 50,000 shall be imposed on the unit.

Article 46 Anyone who violates the provisions of these regulations and commits any of the following acts shall compensate for losses in accordance with the law; the forestry administrative department shall order him to make corrections and give a warning. Individuals shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan, and units shall be fined not less than 200 yuan. A fine of not less than RMB 1,000 but not more than RMB 5,000 may be imposed: (1) Damage or unauthorized removal or deactivation of forest fire protection signs, facilities and equipment; (2) Destruction of fire prevention isolation belts or biological fire protection forest belts. "Article 47 If a forest fire is caused by negligence, the losses shall be compensated in accordance with the law; the forestry administrative department shall impose a fine of not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 3,000 yuan on individuals, and a fine of not less than 30,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan on units, and may be ordered to replant trees; if public security management penalties such as detention should be imposed, the public security organs shall decide according to law in accordance with the provisions of the "Public Security Management Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Fire Protection Law of the People's Republic of China"; constitute If a crime is committed, the judicial authorities shall investigate for criminal liability in accordance with the law. Article 48 For administrative penalties stipulated in these Regulations, the forestry administrative department may entrust township forestry stations and natural resources that meet the conditions specified in the "Administrative Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China". Article 49: People’s governments at all levels, forest fire protection offices, departments responsible for forest fire protection and their staff have any of the following acts. , the relevant departments shall impose disciplinary or administrative sanctions on the directly responsible person in charge and the directly responsible personnel in accordance with their management authority; if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be pursued in accordance with the law: (1) Failure to implement national and provincial forest fire prevention instructions and perfunctory duties; ( 2) Illegal approval of fire use permits; (3) Failure to pay attention to fire source management and unchecked illegal use of fire in forest areas; (4) Slow action in putting out forest fires, or even failure to put out fires; (5) Mobilization Disabled people, the elderly, pregnant women, primary and secondary school students and other minors participating in fighting forest fires or failing to dissuade them after discovery; (6) Failure to investigate and deal with forest fire cases, and appeasing those responsible for the accident; (7) Intentional concealment of forest fires or false reports of disasters; (8) Failure to perform duties in accordance with the law or failure to perform duties properly, resulting in major forest fires, causing heavy losses and casualties; (9) Other dereliction of duty, malpractice for personal gain, corruption and perversion of the law Behavioral.