Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Fire Protection Law.
Article 3 the State Council leads the national fire control work. Local people's governments at all levels are responsible for fire control work within their respective administrative areas. People's governments at all levels shall incorporate fire control work into the national economic and social development plan to ensure that fire control work is compatible with economic and social development.
Article 4 The emergency management department of the State Council shall supervise and manage the national fire control work. The emergency management departments of the local people's governments at or above the county level shall supervise and manage the fire control work within their respective administrative areas, and the fire rescue institutions of the people's governments at the corresponding levels shall be responsible for the implementation. The fire control work of military facilities shall be supervised and managed by the competent unit, with the assistance of fire rescue agencies; The fire control work of underground parts of mines, nuclear power plants and offshore oil and gas facilities shall be supervised and managed by the competent units. Other relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall, within the scope of their respective duties, do a good job in fire control in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other relevant laws and regulations. Where laws and administrative regulations have other provisions on forest and grassland fire control, such provisions shall prevail.