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{{short description|Indian specialized force}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = State Disaster Response Force Assam
| logo = Sdrf_Assam_logo.png
| formed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2011}}
| jurisdiction = [[Assam|Assam, India]]
| parent_department = [[Assam Police]]
}}

'''State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Assam''' is the [[search and rescue]] division of the [[Assam Police]] department in north-eastern India.

== History ==
[[File:Sdrf in Nimatighat boat accident.jpg|thumb|SDRF Assam personnel during search and rescue at a 2021 incident near Nimati ghat.<ref>{{cite web|author=Press Trust of India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/one-dead-33-missing-as-boat-sinks-in-assam-after-hitting-ferry-steamer-121090801524_1.html |title=One dead, 33 missing as boat sinks in Assam after hitting ferry steamer | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |date=2021-09-09 |accessdate=2023-01-14}}</ref>]]
The National Policy on Disaster Management 2009 requires the state governments in [[India]] to raise their own forces for rapid disaster response.<ref name="mha">{{cite web|url=https://ndmindia.mha.gov.in/state-response-force|title=Response Force|website=NDM India|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Disaster response force in State soon |url=https://assamtribune.com/disaster-response-force-in-state-soon?infinitescroll=1 |access-date=15 June 2023 |work=[[Assam Tribune]] |date=15 September 2010}}</ref> This was enacted on 15 December 2011.<ref name="ndma">{{cite web|url=https://ndma.gov.in/Response/SDRF|title=SDRF {{pipe}} NDMA, GoI|website=ndma.gov.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref> The SDRF had a total strength of 3 companies with 337 active members, which is approximately 10 personnel per district.<ref name="ndma"/>

In 2013, the SDRF was attached to the ''Assam Fire and Emergency Services'', a branch of the Assam police department.<ref name="assam2">{{cite web|url=https://fireandemergencyservices.assam.gov.in/about-us/our-history-1|title=Our History {{pipe}} Fire & Emergency Services {{pipe}} Government Of Assam, India|website=fireandemergencyservices.assam.gov.in|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref>

{{as of|2021}}, the SDRF had five companies: [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]], [[Cachar]], [[Guwahati]], [[Abhayapuri]], and [[Dergaon]].<ref name="assam3">{{cite web|url=https://fireandemergencyservices.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/fire_emergency_webcomindia_org_oid_4/menu/information_and_services/annual_administrative_report_of_fes_2.pdf|date=2021-07-26|title=ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT OF FIRE & EMERGENCY SERVICES, ASSAM, GUWAHATI FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2020-2021|access-date=2023-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Fire Services to get 20 fire stations and two more battalions of SDRF in Assam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/fire-services-to-get-20-fire-stations-and-two-more-battalions-of-sdrf-in-assam-551940 |website=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|Sentinel Assam]] |access-date=15 June 2023 |date=26 August 2021}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force]]
* [[State Disaster Response Force Uttarakhand]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Government of Assam]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 2011]]
[[Category:Disaster Response Forces in India]]

State Disaster Response Force (Assam) - Revision history

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