State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Assam is the

search and rescue Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger. The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, typically determined by the type of terrain the search ...

division of the

Assam Police The Assam Police is the law enforcement agency for the state of Assam in India. The regular police force was initiated in Assam by the British after the Treaty of Yandaboo to maintain the law and order. It functions under the Department of Hom ...

department in north-eastern India.

History

The National Policy on Disaster Management 2009 requires the state governments in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

to raise their own forces for rapid disaster response. As a result, the Assam State Government made the decision to raise the SDRF in September 2010, in line with the

National Disaster Response Force The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is a specialized force in India, tasked with the responsibility of responding to natural disasters, natural and man-made disasters. It operates under the National Disaster Management Authority (India) ...

. This was enacted on 15 December 2011. The SDRF had a total strength of 3 companies with 337 active members, which is approximately 10 personnel per district. In 2013, the SDRF was attached to the ''Assam Fire and Emergency Services'', a branch of the Assam police department. , the SDRF had five companies: Lakhimpur,

Cachar Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence, the pre-existing undivided Cachar district was split into four districts: Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills), Hailakandi, Karimganj, and the ...

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

Abhayapuri Abhayapuri (IPA: əbɑˈjə'pʊərɪ or alternatively əbeɪjəˈpʊərɪ) is a town in the Bongaigaon district and 21 km away from Bongaigaon town. It is the headquarters of the North Salmara sub-division. It is surrounded by natural fores ...

, and

Dergaon Dergaon (IPA: ˈdɜːˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a town and a municipality in the Golaghat district of Assam, India. It is 282 km from the state capital Guwahati. ''Bhaxar Oja'' Hemchandra Barua, the compiler of '' Hemkosh'' (the earliest Assamese-En ...

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{{Authority control Government of Assam Government agencies established in 2011 Disaster Response Forces in India

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