People's Republic of China promulgated by Decree No. 542

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 The grassland fire prevention Ordinance adopted on November 19, 2008 at the 36th Executive meeting of the State Council, announced the grassland fire prevention Ordinance, as amended, enter into force on January 1, 2009.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Prime Minister Wen Jiabao

The November 29, 2008

Grassland fire prevention regulations

(October 5, 1993 People's Republic of China promulgated by Decree 130th released

November 19, 2008 at the 36th Executive meeting of the State Council amended by)

Chapter I General provisions

First in order to strengthen grassland fire prevention work, and actively preventing and extinguishing grass fires, protection of grassland, protect people's lives and property, according to the People's Republic of China grassland law, this Ordinance is enacted. Article II of this Ordinance shall apply to People's Republic of China grassland fire prevention and extinguishing in the territory.

However, except for forests and urban.

Article III implementation of grassland fire prevention putting prevention first and combining prevention approach.

Fourth people's Governments above the county level shall strengthen organization and leadership of grassland fire prevention, will incorporate the budget requirements for the grassland fire prevention, protection of grassland fire prevention and extinguishing work.

Grassland fire prevention work of Executive Heads of local people's Governments at all levels responsibility leaders, units and departments in charge.

Article fifth Prairie administrative departments of the State Council National Grassland fire prevention work.

Local people's Governments at or above the county level shall determine the grassland fire prevention departments of grassland fire prevention work within their respective administrative areas.

Relevant departments under the people's Governments above the county level grassland fire prevention work within their respective area of responsibility.

Sixth Prairie business units and individuals in its business scope within the grassland fire prevention responsibilities.

Article seventh grassland fire prevention work involving two or more administrative or relating to forest fire prevention, fire, the local people's Governments and relevant departments should establish a joint defense system, determined defense areas, development of joint defense measures, strengthen communication and supervision and inspection.

Eighth people's Government or the relevant departments at all levels should strengthen grassland fire prevention publicity and education activities, enhance citizen awareness of grassland fire prevention.

Nineth State encourages and supports study on grassland fire prevention and extinguishing technology promoting advanced grassland fire prevention and extinguishing technology.

Article tenth of grassland fire prevention and fighting with outstanding contributions or achievements in the work units and individuals, recognition and reward in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Chapter II of grassland fire prevention

11th State Council Administrative Department under the Prairie Grassland fire danger level and sphere of influence, and grassland across the country was divided into very high, high, medium and low levels of prairie fire is required.

12th State Council Administrative Department under the Prairie Grassland fire danger Division and grassland fire prevention of actual needs, National Grassland fire prevention plan, submitted to the State Council or if authorized by the State Council for approval before implementation.

Local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland fire prevention Department under the National Grassland fire prevention planning, combined with local conditions, preparation of the administrative areas of grassland fire prevention planning, and reported to the people's Governments at the corresponding level for approval organization.

13th grassland fire prevention plan shall include the following information:

(A) the basis of grassland fire prevention planning;

(B) construction of grassland fire prevention system;

(C) grassland fire prevention infrastructure and equipment;

(D) the grassland fire prevention material reserve;

(V) security measures.

14th people's Governments above the county level shall organize the relevant departments and units, in accordance with the grassland fire prevention planning, enhance the prairie fire lookouts and monitoring facilities, fire belt, fire roads, fire materials repository (station) and other infrastructure construction, grassland fire vehicles, equipped with fire-fighting equipment, observation and communication equipment and other equipment to storage of necessary fire prevention materials, establish and improve the grassland fire prevention system.

15th Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council is responsible for formulating the National Grassland fire emergency plan after approval by the State organization.

Local people's Governments at or above the county level administrative areas of grassland fire prevention authorities are responsible for the formulation of the grassland fire emergency plan, reported to the people's Governments at the corresponding level for approval organization.

16th grassland fire emergency plan should include the following elements:

(A) grassland fire emergency organization and their responsibilities;

(B) the grassland fire early warning and preventive mechanisms;

(C) the prairie fire reporting procedures;

(D) the different grades of grassland fire emergency measures;

(E) the prairie fire fighting materials needed, funding, and the emergency support team;

(F) assets of evacuation, medical treatment, disease control, contingency plans. Prairie Grassland area, victims of fires according to the number of casualties, the affected livestock as well as for urban and rural settlements, important facilities, historical sites, nature reserves, threat level, particularly significant, major, large, divided into four levels.

Specific criteria developed by the Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council.

17th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be in accordance with the prairie fire occurrence, their respective administrative areas of grassland fire prevention, and to the public. 18th in the prairie fire period, need to open fire on the Prairie for production activities should be approved by the County prairie fire departments.

Units or individuals with fire fire prevention measures should be taken to prevent fire.

During the period of grassland fire prevention, life on the prairie fire, you should select safe locations, take fire prevention measures and thoroughly after use fire extinguished embers of the fire.

Apart from the first and second paragraph of this article in the case, during the period of grassland fire prevention, prohibition field in the Veld with fire.

19th at prairie fire period, prohibition of the use of firearms in the Veld hunting.

During the period of grassland fire prevention, activities such as blasting, surveying, and construction on the grasslands shall be approved by the competent departments of the local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland fire prevention and fire precaution measures to prevent fire.

Prairie fire period, forces on the Prairie conducted live-fire exercises, dealing with emergencies, and perform other tasks, shall adopt the necessary measures. 20th in the grassland fire prevention period operating in the Prairie or the driving of motor vehicles shall install fire prevention installations, prevent leakage caused by fire, fire off and brake fires. On the grasslands on public transport drivers and crew members, passengers should be grassland fire prevention.

Drivers, crew members and passengers are not allowed to throw fire.

Prairie fire period, engaged in the field of machinery and equipment on the grasslands, fire precautions should be taken; operators must comply with fire safety rules to prevent fire. 21st at prairie fire period, approved by the people's Governments at the corresponding level, prairie fire departments into grasslands, fire vehicles and could trigger a prairie fire prairie fire safety inspections of field work activities.

Found a fire hazard, it shall notify the persons concerned to take measures to eliminate the fire hazard; refusing to take measures to eliminate fire hazards, into grassland or grasslands is prohibited to engage in field work activities.

22nd in the grassland fire prevention period occurred when high temperature, drought, wind, fire weather, local people's Governments at or above the county level should be high prairie fire is required, high prairie fire is required, as well as in the event of grassland fire could cause major casualties or heavy loss of property area as a grassland fire control areas, control period provided, to the public in a timely manner and reported to people's Governments at a higher level for the record. In the prairie fire control district, banning all outdoor fires.

May cause non-wild grassland fire with fire, and local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland fire prevention departments shall, in accordance with regulatory requirements, and strict management.

Vehicles entering grassland fire control district, local people's Governments at or above the county level shall obtain the prairie fire prairie fire permits issued by the authorities, and is subject to fire regulations.

Article 23rd on the Prairie agriculture (animal husbandry), industrial and mining enterprises and other production units, units and garrison units, the nature reserve management and rural collective economic organizations, local people's Governments at or above the county level should be led and grassland fire prevention authorities, under the guidance of implementation of the responsibility system of grassland fire prevention, strengthening fire management, eliminate fire hazards, and grassland fire prevention work of the unit.

Railways, roads, electricity and telecommunication lines, as well as oil and gas pipelines and other business units should be in their prairie fire area of responsibility, the implementation of fire prevention measures to prevent grass fires.

Contracted individuals on contract management of prairie grasslands, fire management should be strengthened to eliminate fire hazards, implementation of grassland fire prevention obligations.

Article 24th of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities according to the local conditions and designated key prairie fire area, Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council for the record. Focus on the steppe zones of local people's Governments at or above the county level and nature reserve management unit should be based on the need to establish professional firefighting teams; about the township (town) or village shall establish mass fire team.

Fire team shall carry out professional training, and to accept command of the local people's Governments at or above the county level, to mobilize. 25th the people's Governments above the county level shall grassland fire prevention departments and meteorological departments, to jointly establish a grassland fire danger forecast and warning system.

Meteorological departments should be based on the actual needs of the prairie fire, prediction of grassland fire danger weather grades and published work shall promptly report the news media prediction of grassland fire danger weather grades.

Chapter III of prairie fire fighting Article 26th grassland fire monitoring as well as Prairie units and individuals engaged in production and business activities, discover Prairie fires, should take the necessary measures, and promptly report to the local people's Government or the prairie fire department.

Other units and individuals discover Prairie fires, and shall promptly report to the local people's Government or the prairie fire department.

Local people's Governments or prairie fire department after receiving the report, shall immediately organize personnel to the scene to verify the fire, controlling and extinguishing measures taken to prevent grassland fires to expand.

27th the local people's Government or prairie fire department of grassland fires occurred in a timely manner, place, and the estimated fire area, fire development trend of higher people's Government and the grassland fire prevention authorities; outside grass fires threaten security of grassland, grassland fires from outside our borders, the report should also distance, spreading along the border length and degree of threat to grassland conditions.
Prohibited to conceal, misrepresent or incite others to conceal, misrepresent and grassland.

28th local people's Governments at or above the county level shall be determined according to the Prairie fires fire and start a prairie fire emergency in a timely manner.

Particularly significant, major prairie fire and prairie grass fires threaten outside China security, Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council shall promptly start a prairie fire emergency plan.

Article 29th of grassland fire emergency plan started, the local people's Governments shall, in accordance with the requirements of grassland fire emergency plan immediately organized and directed the grassland fire fighting and rescue work.

Should first ensure that the people of the prairie fire fighting safety, relevant local people's Governments should be mobilized in a timely manner by the prairie fire's residents and others shifted to safe areas, and properly rehoused; when the urgency of the situation, you can organize disaster evacuation by force.

30th relevant departments of the people's Governments above the county level shall, in accordance with the prairie fire emergency planning Division, make prairie fire response.

Meteorological departments should do a weather monitoring and forecasting, timely provision of meteorological information to the local people's Governments, and timely implementation of artificial precipitation according to weather conditions.

Civil affairs departments should set up shelters and relief supplies in a timely manner, quake relief work.

Health authorities should make medical care and epidemic prevention work.

Railways, transportation, aviation and other departments should give priority to transport relief materials, equipment, drugs and food.

Communications departments provided emergency communications support.

Public security departments should promptly investigate and deal with cases of grassland fire, public security maintenance work.

31st shall organize and mobilize the prairie fire fighting professional firefighting teams and professionally trained people to put out a fire team, received the Save command of units and individuals, must be rushed to the designated location, into fighting and rescue work.

Prairie fire fighting, not mobilizing the participation of disabled persons, pregnant women, children and the elderly.

Needs of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and people's armed police forces in prairie fire, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the regulations of the armies participating in emergency rescue and disaster relief execution.

Article 32nd according to prairie fire fighting needs, local people's Governments concerned may requisition of emergency materials, means of transportation and related facilities and equipment, if necessary, you can clear the barrier, the construction of barriers, emergency water, local emergency management measures such as traffic control.

For disaster relief, emergency requisitioning units and individual materials, vehicles, facilities, equipment or occupy their houses, lands, shall be promptly returned, and compensation in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law.

33rd special major, major grass fires, Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council should be immediately deployed to the scene of the fire, organizing, coordinating and supervising fire fighting, and across provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of grassland fire prevention material called.

Threatening the safety of forest steppe fire occurred, on grassland fire prevention authorities shall notify the relevant forestry authorities.

Outside grass fires threaten security of grassland, Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council shall be sent immediately to the relevant site, organization, coordination and supervision of fire prevention, and will inform the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a timely manner. 34th State applies a unified system of grassland fire.

Major, major grass fires threaten grassland grassland fires outside the safety of the information, published by the Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council; other grassland fire disaster information, the people's Governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the grassland fire prevention authorities release.

Focus article 35th steppe zones of local people's Governments at or above the county level can under the provisions of grassland fire emergency plan, the establishment of grassland fire prevention headquarters, exercise of the provisions of this chapter, of the people's Governments at the corresponding level in the prairie fire suppression duties.

Fourth chapter disaster handling Article 36th grassland fire put out, the relevant local people's Government at prairie fire departments or its designated entity shall conduct comprehensive checks on fire, clear fire and leave enough officers to guard the scene.

Prairie fire departments check acceptance, guards before they can withdraw.

37th grassland fire put out, the relevant local people's Governments shall organize the relevant departments to promptly do the victims and relief work to ensure basic living conditions for the displaced people, sanitation and epidemic prevention work, preventing the occurrence and spread of infectious diseases.

Article 38th of grassland fire put out, the relevant local people's Governments shall organize the relevant departments to promptly formulate grasslands recovery plan, organize and implement sowing grass seeds and technical measures such as artificial grass and restored grassland vegetation and animal quarantine to prevent the occurrence of animal diseases.

39th grassland fire put out, the relevant local people's Government at prairie fire department shall, without delay, together with public security departments, fire time, place, cause, and perpetrators to investigate and put forward opinions.

Prairie fire departments on affected grassland area, animal type and quantity, affected the rare wild plant and animal species and quantity, casualties and material consumption, as well as other economic statistics, to the prairie fire to urban and rural residential, industrial and agricultural production, ecological environmental impact assessment and reporting in accordance with Prairie Administrative Department under the State Council. 40th on the grassland fire prevention departments of the local people should be strictly in accordance with the requirements of grassland fire statistics, prairie fire statistics, prairie fire departments report higher people's Government with a copy to public security departments at the same level, the statistics agency.

Prairie fire statistics reports by the State Council relevant departments for Prairie Public Security Department under the State Council, reported that the State Statistics Department.

41st for participating in the prairie fire injured, maimed or killed personnel, given medical treatment and compensation in accordance with national regulations.

The fifth chapter legal liability

42nd in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, and grassland fire prevention authorities above the county level people's Government, or $E8 other relevant departments and their staff, have one of the following acts, by its superior administrative body or supervisory organs shall be ordered to correct serious cases, directly responsible in charge and other direct liable persons shall be given disciplinary actions constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with law:

(A) is not in accordance with the provisions of grassland fire emergency plan;

(B) does not meet the requirements of grassland fire prevention open fires or blasting, surveying, and construction activities approval;

(C) the vehicle does not meet the conditions of issuance of prairie fire passes;

(D) false claim and skimming or incite others false claim and skimming of Prairie fires;

(E) failing immediately to take the prairie fire-fighting measures;

(F) failing to perform their duties in other acts.

Article 43rd interception, misappropriation of grassland fire prevention funds or embezzlement, misappropriation of grassland fire prevention materials, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations on financial penalties for offences constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

44th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, any of the following acts, local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland fire prevention authorities shall order to stop the illegal practice, to take fire prevention measures and to go through the relevant formalities within, the responsibilities between 5000 and 2000 Yuan fine, of the relevant units of more than 5000 Yuan and fined a maximum of 20,000 Yuan:

(A) unauthorized field in the Veld with fire or blasting, surveying, and construction activities;

(B) lack of prairie fire pass into the prairie fire control district. 45th article violation this Ordinance provides, has following behavior one of of, by County above place Government prairie fire competent sector ordered stop violations, take fire measures, elimination fire hidden, and on about responsibility personnel at 200 Yuan above 2000 Yuan following fine, on about responsibility units at 2000 Yuan above 20,000 yuan following fine; refused to take fire measures, and elimination fire hidden of, by County above place Government prairie fire competent sector on behalf of take fire measures, and elimination fire hidden,

Costs borne by the illegal entity or individual:

(A) during the period of grassland fire prevention, approved fire fire prevention measures taken in the field;

(B) job and driving of motor vehicles is not installed on the prairie fire fighting equipment or fire hazard exists;

(C) in the grasslands of travelling on public transport drivers, crew members, or fire brigade spore discarded;

(D) in a Prairie field operations mechanical equipment operator fails to comply with fire safety procedures or machinery and equipment for the field work not to take fire prevention measures;

(E) at prairie fire control is not in accordance with the provisions of the use of fire in the region.

46th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, on grassland production operating and other units that are not created or no implementation of the responsibility system of grassland fire prevention, local people's Governments at or above the county level grassland fire department ordered corrective action and to the responsible units more than 5000 Yuan and fined a maximum of 20,000 yuan.

47th in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance, intentionally or negligently caused grass fires, and constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

The sixth chapter supplementary articles

48th prairie fire-fighting vehicle shall, in accordance with provisions of article spray pattern, installation of alarm and signal lights. 49th article of the regulations come into force on January 1, 2009.