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== Forestry Corps ==
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[[File:Emblem of PAP Forest Force Helicopter.svg|thumb|Roundel of the {{Ill|National Fire and Rescue Administration Daqing Aerial Rescue Detachment|lt=People's Armed Police Forestry Corps Helicopter Detachment|zh|国家消防救援局大庆航空救援支队}}]]
The '''{{Ill|People's Armed Police Forestry Corps|zh|中國人民武裝警察部隊森林部隊}}''' ({{Lang-zh|c=武警森林部队}}) was a former branch of the PAP which did tasks such as [[Wildfire suppression|fighting Wildfires]] and law enforcement in forest areas, along with protecting wildlife,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ji |first=Songtao |date=2015-09-10 |editor-last=Liu |editor-first=Yuqian |editor2-last=Yan |editor2-first=Jiaqi |title=呼倫貝爾森警救助國家二級保護動物狍子 |trans-title=People's Armed Police Forestry Corps Hulunbuir Detachment rescue Siberian roe deer |url=http://military.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0910/c1011-27566369.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=[[People's Daily]]}}</ref> disaster relief.<ref name=":26">{{Cite web |last1=Ma |first1=Jiezhang |last2=Li |first2=Zongrong |date=2015-09-17 |editor-last=Liu |editor-first=Yuqian |editor2-last=Yan |editor2-first=Jiaqi |title=麗江華坪縣發生特大暴雨洪災 武警連夜救災 |trans-title=Massive floods in Huaping County - PAP conducts disaster relief overnight |url=http://military.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0917/c1011-27598668.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326071113/https://military.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2015/0917/c1011-27598668.html |archive-date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=[[People's Daily]]}}</ref> When it was active, it was the only military branch on Earth whose task was [[Wildfire suppression|fighting wildfires]]. It was nicknamed the "Fearless Red Boys".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=2018-03-22 |title=回顾武警森林部队70年：曾被誉为"红孩儿敢死队" |trans-title=Revisiting the 70 years history of the PAP Forestry corps; Once nicknamed the "Fearless red boys" |url=https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2038220 |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]]}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last1=Cong |first1=Delong |last2=Tie |first2=Zheng |date=2022-06-06 |title=武警森林部队特色文化浅析 |trans-title=The interesting culture of the PAP forestry corps |url=https://www.greenchina.tv/magazine/detail/id/3688.html |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=www.greenchina.tv}}</ref> The Forestry Corps was officially disbanded on October 10, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-10-10 |title=应急管理部发布国家综合性消防救援队伍改革过渡期身份标识牌 |url=https://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2018-10/10/content_5329078.htm |website=Chinese government}}</ref>

=== History ===
The Forestry Corps can trace its lineage to the '''Armed Forest Protection Battalions''' ({{Lang-zh|c=武装护林大队}}); There were a total of four battalions; Each of the [[Hejiang Province|Hejiang]], [[Songjiang Province|Songjiang]], [[Heilongjiang|Longjiang]] and [[Jilin]] provinces consisted of one Armed Forest Protection Battalion. Founded on August 25, 1948, these units were created to conduct [[counterinsurgency]] operations against [[Japanese holdout|Japanese/Collaborator holdouts]] (This role was also later expanded to [[Kuomintang|KMT]] holdouts after the [[Chinese Civil War]]), bandits and triads in [[Northeast China]], which would often raid local villages and commit acts of arson, causing wildfires. At the time of establishment, each had 960 soldiers (3840 soldiers, all battalions combined). The Armed Forest Protection Battalions would often disguise themselves as hunters during recon, and used [[Cavalry]] tactics. By October 16, 1950, each battalion had 1600 soldiers (6400 Soldiers total). According to archives, by 1952, the Armed Forest Protection Battalions had killed a total of 6 KMT and American spies along with capturing a total of 46 spies, 34 triad members and 71 illegal migrants along with 68 firearms, multiple tens of thousand rounds of ammunition, multiple kilograms of drugs and prevented a total of 7 vandalism incidents.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" />

On May 11, 1953, the Armed Forest Protection Battalions were transferred to the {{Ill|People's Economic Police|zh|中国人民经济警察}} and renamed to the '''Forest Protection Police''' ({{Lang-zh|c=护林警察队}}). Its task was to patrol forests, prevent illegal entry of protected areas and to serve as lookouts for forest fires. It often continued to have shootouts with KMT/American spies along with bandits and assisted with protecting [[lumberjack]]s and [[logging]] facilities. The Forest Protection Police continued to use Cavalry, and were seen in photos with [[Mosin–Nagant|Mosin Nagant]] rifles. In the first few months of its founding, the Forest Protection Police lost many officers due to disorientation, and in October 1953, the Forest Protection Police began mapping forest regions of China and issuing crude maps to its officers. Due to the logistics issues of boots-on-the-ground firefighting, in 1960 the Forest Police received 122 paratroopers and founded the [[Forest Police Airborne Detachment|Forest Police Smokejumper Company]] ({{Lang-zh|c=森警空降扑火中队}}) for rapid deployment against wildfires. The [[Lisunov Li-2]] was used by the Smokejumper Company. On 27 May 1965 the Company saw its first action, deploying 10 [[Smokejumper]]s to assist with fighting a wildfire in [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]. In 1978, the Smokejumper Company was renamed to the '''Airborne Detachment''' ({{Lang-zh|c=森警机降支队}}). Between its establishment and 1981, the Airborne Detachment was deployed to fight a total of over 325 wildfires, however its fate past 1981 is currently unknown.<ref name=":12" />

On April 18, 1978, the Forest Police became a volunteer force with three years of service. On May 3, 1984, the Forest Police became part of the People's Armed Police and was under the dual command of the People's Armed Police and the [[National Forestry and Grassland Administration|National Forestry Administration]].<ref name=":2" /> On January 13, 1988, the '''{{Ill|People's Armed Police Forestry Corps|zh|中國人民武裝警察部隊森林部隊}}''' was officially established.<ref name=":12" /> On February 10, 1999, the Forestry Corps HQ, [[Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Forest Fire Contingent|Inner Mongolia Contingent]], [[Heilongjiang Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Heilongjiang Contingent]], [[Jilin Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Jilin Contingent]] and [[Yunnan Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Yunnan Detachment]] (later upgraded to contingent level)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Ying |last2=Guo |first2=Yuanshou |last3=Han |first3=Xiao |last4=Yan |first4=Jiaqi |date=2017-11-01 |title=武警森林部隊官兵與少數民族同胞共話新時代 |url=http://military.people.com.cn/BIG5/n1/2017/1101/c1076-29621403.html |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=People's Daily}}</ref> were founded, in 2002 the [[Sichuan Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Sichuan Contingent]], [[Tibet Autonomous Region Forest Fire Contingent|Tibet Contingent]] and [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Forest Fire Contingent|Xinjiang Contingent]] were founded, and in 2007 the [[Fujian Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Fujian Contingent]], the [[Gansu Provincial Forest Fire Contingent|Gansu Contingent]] and {{Ill|National Fire and Rescue Administration Mobile Detachment|lt=Mobile Detachment|zh|国家消防救援局机动支队}} were founded.<ref name=":12" /> On July 22, 2009, the {{Ill|National Fire and Rescue Administration Daqing Aerial Rescue Detachment|lt=People's Armed Police Headquarters Helicopter Detachment|zh|国家消防救援局大庆航空救援支队}} was founded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=武警森林指挥部直升机支队在黑龙江大庆揭牌成立 |trans-title=People's Armed Police Forestry Headquarters Helicopter Detachment established in Daqing |url=https://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2009-07/27/content_1375969.htm |access-date=2009-07-27 |website=Chinese Central Government}}</ref><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=大庆航空救援支队 |trans-title=Daqing Aerial Rescue Detachment |url=https://zs.cfri.edu.cn/content/aviation/f37b1a3d-5f29-11ed-abd1-566fc9ae0009 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=China Fire and Rescue Institute}}</ref> It was stationed in [[Daqing]] and operated [[Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon|Z-8 Helicopters]], which were used for search and rescue, personnel transport and [[Aerial firefighting|firefighting]]. The Helicopter Detachment had the nickname "Heroic Firefighting Hawks".<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cui |first1=Jicheng |last2=Sun |first2=Yufeng |date=2013-01-20 |editor-last=Zhang |editor-first=Xueyang |title=武警森林部队直升机支队新年首飞 |trans-title=The Armed Police Forestry Corps Helicopter Detachment's 1st flight of the year |url=https://news.12371.cn/2013/01/20/ARTI1358639122961977.shtml |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=[[Chinese Communist Party]]}}</ref> AC313s were also ordered.<ref name=":3" />

After the [[2008 Sichuan earthquake|2008 Sichuan Earthquake]], the Forestry Corps deployed over 2000 personnel to assist with rescue efforts. In total, the forestry corps evacuated 14,000 people, rescued 8 survivors, recovered the bodies of 1,200 victim along with transporting 2,000 tonnes of aid, repairing 40&nbsp;km of roads and rescuing 86 [[giant panda]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-05-21 |title=武警森林部队启动预案第一时间投入抗震救灾战斗 |trans-title=PAP Forestry Corps deployed to assist with rescue after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake |url=https://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2008-05/21/content_985912.htm |website=Central government of the PRC}}</ref>

On September 16, 2015, the Forestry Corps [[Lijiang]] Detachment was deployed to [[Huaping County|Huaping county]] to conduct post-flood disaster relief efforts, rescuing 10 people and transporting 60 tonnes of aid.<ref name=":26" />

On March 22, 2018, it was announced that the Forestry Corps was merged into the [[National Fire and Rescue Administration]], becoming a purely civilian firefighting agency and losing its law enforcement duties. The 13 Provincial Forestry Contingents were converted into Forest fire contingents; the Mobile Detachment was renamed to the National Fire and Rescue Administration Mobile Detachment. The Helicopter Detachment was renamed to the National Fire and Rescue Administration Daqing Aerial Rescue Detachment, and the 2nd Group, Helicopter Detachment was renamed to the {{Ill|National Fire and Rescue Administration Kunming Aerial Rescue Detachment|zh|国家消防救援局昆明航空救援支队}}.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=昆明航空救援支队 |trans-title=Kunming Aerial Rescue Detachment |url=https://zs.cfri.edu.cn/content/aviation/0fa28784-5f2a-11ed-abd1-566fc9ae0009 |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=China Fire and Rescue Institute}}</ref><ref name=":14" /> The merge was officially finalized on 15:00, September 29, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-30 |title=再见，武警森林部队！铭记，永不磨灭的绿色番号！ |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2492869 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250326073442/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2492869 |archive-date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=[[The Paper (newspaper)|The Paper]] |publisher=[[National Fire and Rescue Administration]]}}</ref>

On June 2, 2018, large scale wildfires sprung up in [[Daxing'anling Prefecture]]. A total of 7000 Forestry Corps personnel were deployed from the Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and Jilin contingents to suppress the wildfire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Yushan |date=2018-06-06 |editor-last=Yang |editor-first=Fan |title=武警森林部队全力扑救大兴安岭森林火灾 |trans-title=PAP Forestry Corps deployed to fight Daqing'anling wildfires |url=http://www.81.cn/2018zt/2018-06/06/content_8053733.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117155942/http://www.81.cn/2018zt/2018-06/06/content_8053733.htm |archive-date=2025-01-17 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Chinese Military}}</ref>

Between 1948 and 2018, the Forestry Corps and it's predecessors conducted a total of 16,000 wildfire fighting operations and 43,000 law enforcement operations. A total of 236 units and personnel received honorary titles, and 92 units and personnel received [[Meritorious Service Medal (China)|1st Class Meritorious Service Medals]].<ref name=":12" />