Interim Measures for Forest Protection and Fire Prevention in Sichuan Province

Article 1: In order to strictly prevent forest fires and protect national forest resources, these measures are specially formulated. Article 2 All state-owned, cooperative-owned and privately owned mountain forests (including mature forests, young forests, shrub forests and barren hills suitable for forestation) shall be protected in accordance with these measures. Article 3: Forest protection and fire prevention work must implement the principles of “relying on the masses” and “prevention is better than rescue”. Article 4: Based on the pattern of mountain fire occurrence times over the years, November each year to May of the following year is stipulated as the mountain fire warning period. Article 5 People’s committees at all levels in mountainous areas and areas near mountain forests (hereinafter referred to as forest areas) should always pay attention to forest protection and fire prevention work. During the mountain fire warning period, they should list forest protection and fire prevention work as an important task, make unified arrangements, and organize relevant work. The department has established a forest protection and fire prevention leadership agency to direct the prevention and fighting of forest fires within its jurisdiction.

The people's committees of various townships should urge agricultural production cooperatives in forest areas to include forest protection and fire prevention in their production plans during the wildfire warning period, and establish forest protection and fire prevention groups, teams and other grassroots organizations to conscientiously implement the instructions of their superiors on forest protection. Various arrangements and regulations for fire protection.

All agencies, groups, troops, enterprises, and schools in forest areas should conscientiously carry out forest protection and fire prevention work under the unified leadership of local forest protection and fire prevention agencies. Article 6: Forest protection and fire prevention agencies at all levels in forest areas should vigorously carry out publicity and education on forest protection and fire prevention during the wildfire warning period, making it a household name, and widely carry out fire-free competitions with the township as the unit and the agricultural cooperative as the core. Article 7 Substituting methods for productive use of fire, such as burning wasteland for reclamation, burning pastures, and afforestation, should be adopted as much as possible. When fire must be used, it should be reported to the township people's committee for approval (if the area is more than 50 acres, it should be reported to the county people's committee for approval). It should be carried out in a safe place, in a calm weather, organized, led and prepared, and the fire should be carried out. Destroy people and leave. When fire is necessary for burning ash to accumulate fertilizer, fumigating to prevent frost, or other agricultural production, it should be done away from the forest and must be guarded by dedicated personnel. Article 8: Logging, grazing, working, passing, and visiting in forest areas must comply with local forest protection and fire prevention systems.

When engaging in handicrafts and sideline production in forest areas, the use of fire must be reported to the Township People's Committee for approval, and fire safety measures must be taken according to the designated area. During the wildfire warning period, special measures should be taken to control the fire. or temporarily suspend production.

Hunting in forest areas should be registered with the township people's committee or forest management agency. Burning mountains to chase animals and other methods of hunting with fire are prohibited.

When lighting fires to keep warm, cooking food, or visiting graves to burn paper, etc. in forest areas, you must take fire precautions and extinguish the fire. It is prohibited to throw fire (such as cigarette butts, torch ends, etc.) in the forest area. Article 9: When carrying out target shooting, gun test, blasting, exploration and investigation in forest areas, the county people's committee must be reported in advance, and fire precautions must be taken at the work site to prevent forest fires.

Any charcoal or coal-burning vehicle passing through forest roads must clean the charcoal stove in a safe place, and it is prohibited to dump hot charcoal residue and ashes anywhere.

For high-voltage lines passing through forest areas, the erection unit should clear dry branches and leaves that are easy to catch fire in the lines before the wildfire warning period every year, and cut off the turf on the land around the poles. Article 10 Forest area agencies, enterprises, and village residents should open fire breaks around villages or houses that are sufficient to ensure safety before the wildfire warning period. Fire prevention tools should be prepared and responsible for forest fire protection.

School teachers, parents and children in forest areas must discipline them carefully and it is strictly forbidden to play with fire in the wild. Article 11: When a forest fire is discovered, everyone has the responsibility to put out the fire immediately. At the same time, reports should be made to the local people's committee, forest protection and fire prevention agency or forestry department. After receiving a fire report or discovering a fire, these agencies and units must immediately organize and lead the masses and all staff to actively fight the fire, and adopt safe and effective fire fighting methods to avoid casualties. After the flames are extinguished, the fire scene should be carefully inspected and embers eliminated to avoid re-ignition. Article 12: In order to quickly rush to the fire scene and put out the wildfire, the transportation of local railways, highways, water transportation, agricultural cooperatives, farms and other institutions should be provided to fire fighters as soon as possible. Posts and telecommunications, health, food and other departments should also facilitate fire-fighting work in telecommunications, medical care and food supply.

The cost of gasoline and horse fuel consumed by public and private transportation for fire fighting shall be borne by the fire unit. If the fire is a natural fire source or the fire is accidentally caused by the public, it may be borne by the forestry department. When people spend more than one day fighting fires, the forestry department may subsidize food expenses at their discretion. Article 13 After a forest fire is extinguished, the local people's committee or forest protection and fire prevention agency should immediately identify the cause and report the damage, trace the responsibility, and handle it in accordance with the relevant provisions of these Measures and the Public Security Administration Punishment Regulations of the People's Republic of China. Article 14 Any agency, organization, its staff and the people who have made outstanding achievements in any of the following forest protection and fire prevention work, and if confirmed upon review, may be given commendations, certificates, bonuses or awarded as "Forest Protection and Fire Prevention Model" by the people's committees at various levels Titles and other rewards. Those with special merits may be reported to the Provincial People's Committee for rewards.

1. The forest protection and fire prevention organization is sound and can often take effective measures, combine the central work arrangements, supervision and inspections, and have significant results in forest protection and fire prevention;

2. The forest protection and fire prevention work Seriously and responsibly, often go deep into the masses to carry out publicity and education, and actively mobilize the masses to establish effective forest protection and fire prevention conventions, so as to widely carry out fire-free competition campaigns and achieve remarkable results;

3. Guide the masses to change various methods according to local conditions. Fire usage habits, summarizing and promoting the public's fire prevention experience, and having significant results in preventing forest fires;

4. Complying with forest protection and fire prevention policies and laws, responding to the instructions and calls of the People's Committee, and actively taking the lead in promoting forest protection and fire prevention work with significant results Effective;

5. Timely reporting of forest fires, and actively taking the lead in fighting the fires, greatly reducing the losses caused by forest fires;

6. Quickly uncovering cases of arson and forest burning, and actively taking the lead in fighting fires. Reporting and arresting arsonists or premeditated offenders;

7. Having new inventions and creations for forest protection and fire prevention that have proven effective, or have made other notable achievements.