State Forestry Corps

State Forestry Corps Corpo Forestale dello Stato
Abbreviation	CFS
Motto	Pro natura opus et vigilantia
Agency overview
Formed	October 15, 1822
Dissolved	December 31, 2016
Superseding agency	Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests
Employees	8,500
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Italy

Officers of the State Forestry Corps.

The State Forestry Corps (Italian: Corpo forestale dello Stato or CFS) was a national police agency in Italy. It was established on 15 October 1822 by Charles Felix of Sardinia as Amministrazione forestale per la custodia e la vigilanza dei boschi. The five Italian autonomous regions have their own corps of forestry police under regional or provincial control (Corpo forestale regionale/provinciale), which have not been disbanded. CFS was dissolved on December 31, 2016, and all personnel became militarized and absorbed by the Carabinieri Command of the Forest, Environmental and Agri-food units.

Mission

The CFS had police powers and acted as a park ranger force responsible for protecting Italy's natural resources, the environment, countryside and ecosystems, especially national parks and national forests. It also acted as a criminal investigative department and as a typical police force. Its specialist duties included arresting poachers, investigating environmental violations, illegal building, counterfeit foods, safeguarding protected animal species, enforcing endangered species laws, and preventing and fighting wildfires through 15 regional commands and its fleet of 22 fire-fighting aircraft. It had responsibility for managing activities related to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Italy.

Organization

The CFS was an agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry. It was part of the Direzione Investigativa Antimafia (DIA) (Anti-Mafia Investigation Department). The CFS was also responsible for civil protection in Italy's mountain areas and for disaster relief. If necessary, the CFS could also be used in tasks of public order in the city and any urban context.

Regional Corps

The autonomous forestry corps of the special statute regions have not been suppressed and are active in Sicily, Sardinia, Val d'Aosta, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto Adige/Südtirol.

Corporate profile

The CFS's emergency telephone number for reporting forest fires was 1515. The CFS's vehicle livery was green with a white stripe and the words Corpo Forestale dello Stato in white along the side. The vehicle plates began with the letters "CFS" in red.

Rank insignia

NATO code	OF-10		OF-9		OF-8		OF-7		OF-6		OF-5		OF-4		OF-3		OF-2		OF-1
Corpo forestale dello Stato
							Dirigente generale		Dirigente superiore		Primo dirigente		Vice questore aggiunto forestale		Commissario capo forestale		Commissario forestale (direct entry trainee)	Commissario forestale (internal recruitment trainee)	Vice commissario (internal recruitment trainee)

NATO code	OR-9						OR-8		OR-7		OR-6						OR-5						OR-4				OR-3		OR-2						OR-1
Corpo forestale dello Stato
	Ispettore superiore scelto		Ispettore superiore		Ispettore capo		Ispettore	Vice ispettore	Sovrintendente capo		Sovrintendente						Vice sovrintendente						Assistente capo	Assistente	Agente scelto	Agente

See also

• Gruppo Sportivo Forestale
• Meteomont

External links

• Official website (in Italian)

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