National Disaster Response Force to establish base in Uttarakh...

Prakash Mishra was heading the National Disaster Response Force when Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik handpicked him as director general police in July 2012.

The Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to set up a State Disaster Response Force on the lines of the National Disaster Response Force, which will be stationed at Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Ti...

The Tripura government on Monday demanded the stationing of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) battalions in the State and sought heavy rescue equipment to face disaster situations. ...

Two new battalions of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), to be based in Haridwar and Mysore, have been sanctioned by the central government.

The Pune-based National Disaster Response Force team on Saturday announced the end of rescue operations as 134 persons, trapped inside the seven-storey building that collapsed in Shil Phata area, were pulled out during the last 40 hours.

By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 Some 250 Oklahoma National Guard members are helping with recovery efforts after a massive tornado pounded an Oklahoma City suburb yesterday, killing at least 24 people and ...

Johnstown's three major floods in 1889, 1936 and 1977 helped to refine the nation's emergency warning system and flood control initiatives. But local emergency management experts say the lessons have continued, with new insights from events such as ...

The disaster destroyed the Mankayan Elementary School and the Mankayan National High School and forced a number of families to evacuate to safer grounds. No one was hurt but the classes of students and economic activities in the vicinity were ...

Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt (5th from right) with Minister of Defense, the Honorable Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (4th from left) and Mr. Michael Hryshchyshyn from USAFRICOM (3rd from left). On May 15, Ambassador Alfonso E. Lenhardt participated in a ...