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{{short description|Agency in Andhra Pradesh, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox fire department
| name          = Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department
| logo          = Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department.jpg
| country       = Andhra Pradesh, India
| motto         = We Serve to Save
| established   = 1 November 1956
| stations      = 252
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| FirstResponderBLSorALS   = BLS
| chief         = N. Sambasiva Rao
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| website = http://fireservices.ap.gov.in
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The '''Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department''' is the agency responsible for fire protection and disaster management in the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].

The department issues [[No Objection Certificate]]s for buildings that adhere to fire safety norms. The department also has the right to penalise violators of fire safety norms.<ref name="feelheat">{{cite news|title=Builders flouting fire safety norms feel the heat |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-propertyplus/builders-flouting-fire-safety-norms-feel-the-heat/article2480829.ece |first=Srinivas |last=M|date= 24 September 2011 |work=The Hindu|accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref><ref name="enforce">{{cite news |title=AP to strictly enforce public fire-safety norms |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/article3616629.ece |date=8 July 2012|work=The Hindu|location=Hyderabad|accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref>

In 2013, the department announced an initiative to improve efficiency by equipping [[fire engine]]s with [[global positioning system|GPS]] devices and cameras to help track locations of fire.<ref name="GPS">{{cite news|title=AP fire service dept to deploy GPS to increase efficiency |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/ap-fire-service-dept-to-deploy-gps-to-increase-efficiency/article4762163.ece |date=29 May 2013|work=The Hindu|location=Hyderabad|accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref>
[[File:APSDRF Team at Train collision site.jpg|alt=Two APSDRF Personnel walking at 2023 Andhra Pradesh train collision site.|thumb|APSDRF Personnel at [[2023 Andhra Pradesh train collision]] site.]]
[[File:Fire Station in Porumamilla.jpg|alt=Fire Station in Porumamilla|thumb|Fire Station in Porumamilla]]
The department had 265 fire stations in 2014 prior to bifurcation of the state. Post bifurcation, 173 are located in Andhra Pradesh, while the remaining are located in Telangana.<ref name="fewerstations">{{cite news|title=Telangana has fewer fire stations than A.P.  |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/telangana-has-fewer-fire-stations-than-ap/article6517175.ece |first=Yunus |last=Lasania |date=20 October 2014 |work=The Hindu |location=Hyderabad |accessdate=28 January 2015}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://fireservices.ap.gov.in Official Website]

{{Firefighting in India}}

[[Category:Fire departments of India]]
[[Category:State agencies of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:1956 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]