China Fire and Rescue
China Fire and Rescue Force () is the state emergency service force for firefighting and rescue in China, which is part of the civil service and administrated by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM). China Fire and Rescue Force is divided into two departments: fire and rescue and forestry fire. Its predecessors were the fire department of the Ministry of Public Security and People's Armed Police forestry troops. The Fire and Rescue Department of MEM and the forestry fire department of MEM are the leading and commanding organs of the fire and rescue force and the  forestry fire force respectively. China Fire and Rescue Force is responsible for preventing and resolving major safety risks, dealing with all kinds of disasters and accidents, and undertaking relevant functions of national fire prevention and emergency rescue due to law. History. On March 17, 2018, the first meeting of the 13th National People's Congress adopted "The Decision of the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress on the Institutional Reform Program of the State Council", approving "The Institutional Reform Program of the State Council". The program provides that "the Ministry of Emergency Management is formed. The duty  of the State Administration of Work Safety, the emergency management duty of the General Office of the State Council, the fire management duty of the Ministry of Public Security, the disaster relief duty of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the geological disaster prevention and control duty of the Ministry of Land and Resources, the water and drought prevention and control duty of the Ministry of Water Resources, the grassland fire prevention duty of the Ministry of Agriculture, the forest fire prevention-related duty of the State Forestry Administration, the earthquake emergency rescue duty of the China Earthquake Administration and the  general headquarters of the National Flood and Drought Control, the National Disaster Reduction Committee, the State Council earthquake relief command, the National Forest Fire Prevention Command, the integration of duty to form the Ministry of Emergency Management, as the State Council departments. The China Earthquake Administration and the National Coal Mine Safety Supervision Department are managed by the Ministry of Emergency Management. After the conversion of public security fire forces, armed police forestry troops, and safety production, and other emergency rescue teams together as a comprehensive standing emergency force, managed by the Ministry of Emergency Management. No longer retain the  State Administration of Work Safety." On November 9, the Great Hall of the people held a national comprehensive fire rescue team flag ceremony. Wang Huning, member of the CPC Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, read "The Decision of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council on the award of the flag to the national comprehensive fire rescue force - China Fire and Rescue Force". Xi Jinping, the Central Committee General Secretary of CPC, President of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, handed the flag of China Fire and Rescue Force to the secretary of the Party  in MEM, vice minister, Fire and rescue commissioner Huang Ming. Duty. As per articles 37, 38, and 42 of "The Fire Control Law of the People's Republic of China", the national comprehensive fire rescue team and full-time fire brigade shall undertake the following duties: Organization. Fire and rescue contingents. According to the organization's establishment plan of fire and rescue contingents headquarters, there are 34 units under the Fire and Rescue Department of MEM (including 31 provincial fire and rescue contingents and 3 training contingents). The specific composition is as follows: Forestry fire contingents. According to the organization  establishment plan of forestry fire brigade headquarters, there are 9 units under the Forest Fire Bureau of emergency management department (including 9 provincial forest fire contingents), and the specific composition is as follows: Others. Plate and painting. The front part of the professional fire rescue vehicle body is painted with the words "RESCUE", the side of the vehicle body is painted with the words "China Fire and Rescue Force", "FIRE" and the name and vehicle number of the affiliated unit, the roof is painted with the vehicle number, and the decorative strips are painted on both sides of the vehicle  body and the rear of the vehicle.