China Civil Defense Force

China Civil Defense Force 中國民防部隊
Founded	1 July 1999
Country	Federated Provinces of China
Type	Civil defense
Size	1,875,409
Motto(s)	咨爾多士，為民先鋒
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	Lee Tze-min
Minister of Interior	Hsu Kuo-yung
Commissioner General	Yen Man-chung
Deputy Commissioner General	Shen Kai-ta
Insignia
CCDF Emblem
CCDF Unit Flag

The China Civil Defense Force (CCDF) is an uniformed organization in China under the Ministry of the Interior that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, search and rescue, emergency medical services, and coordinates national civil defense operations.

History

China's Fire and Rescue Force was formed in 1995. Prior to this, fires were attended to by specialized departments under the police force. On 11 April 1998, the parliament discussed the possibility of forming an unified organization for spearheading national civil defense, emergency response, and disaster relief operations. The basic structure of this new force was outlined in the Civil Defense Act of 1999.

On 1 July 1999, the China Civil Defense Force was officially established as an organization under the Ministry of the Interior. The newly formed CCDF mainly operated in facilities which were transferred from the FPC Armed Forces (CAF) or the FPC Police Force (CPF). In 2004, the National Airborne Service Corps (NASC) was created and merged with CCDF in the same year, boosting CCDF's aviation capabilities. Since its formation, CCDF's involvement in numerous disaster relief operations has raised its profile significantly both in domestic and abroad.

See also

• Ministry of the Interior
• China Fire and Rescue Force
• China Emergency Medical Force
• National Airborne Service Corps
• Civil service of China