Corpo Forestale dello Stato (or CFS, in English, "State Forestry Department ") is a national police agency in Italy. Similiar in function to park rangers, they are responsible for protecting Italy's natural resources, the environment, countryside and ecosystems, especially national parks and national forests. It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled National Park Ranger (United States). ...

The CFS falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. Its duties include arresting poachers, safeguarding protected animal species and preventing forest fires. The CFS is responsible for civil protection in Italy’s mountain areas and for investigating environmental violations.

Its most well-known protection duty is fighting wildfires through 44 regional commands and a fleet of 22 fire-fighting aircraft, but the CFS also deals with disaster relief and enforcement of endangered species laws. Fire in San Bernardino, California Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire in wildland often caused by lightning; other common causes are human carelessness and arson. ... Bombardier CL-415 waterbomber of the Province of Québec Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. ... Emergency operations or Emergency preparedness is a set of doctrines to prepare civil society to cope with natural or man-made disasters. ... The endangered Sea Otter An endangered species is a population of organisms (usually a taxonomic species), which because it is either (a) few in number or (b) threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters, it is at risk of becoming extinct. ...

External links

• Official site (in Italian)