Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force
S. No ODRAF Unit Location Parent Battalion
1 Cuttack OSAP 6th Battalion
2 Koraput OSAP 3rd Battalion
3 Jharsuguda OSAP 2nd Battalion
4 Chhatrapur OSAP 8th Battalion
5 Balasore Armed Police Reserve
6 Bhubaneswar OSAP 7th Battalion
7 Paradeep Armed Police Reserve
8 Rourkela OSAP 4th Battalion
9 Baripada OSAP 5th Battalion
7 Bolangir Armed Police Reserve
8 Dhenkanal OSAP 1st Bn. , Dhenkanal
9 Koraput 1st India Reserve Battalion , Upper Kolab
10 Rayagada 2nd India Reserve Battalion , Rayagda
11 Jajpur 3rd India Reserve Battalion , Kalinganagar
14 Deogarh 4th India Reserve Battalion , Deogarh
15 Boudh 5th India Reserve Battalion , Boudh
16 Khordha 6th India Reserve Battalion , Khordha
17 Koraput 7th Specialized India Reserve Battalion , Upper Kolab
18 Ganjam 8th Specialized India Reserve Battalion , Bhanjanagar
19 Ganjam OSAP 8th Bn. , Chhatrapur
Deployment
These ODRAF units are located at twenty locations in the state based to cut down the response time for their deployment . These locations were chosen according to their vulnerability profile . [ 4 ]
The Odisha DIsaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) is a specialised unit of Odisha Police constituted To act immediately in case of disaster which may be due to natural calamity or industrial accident by a state home department resolution.