In anticipation of storm and heavy snowfall in some places above 3,000 metres altitudes in some districts of Uttarakhand, the state police claimed to have taken precautionary measures with the deployment of additional policemen who are trained in mountaineering and how to conduct rescue and relief operation after any eventuality. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been put on alert and they would be deployed in case of emergency to conduct the rescue and relief operation in the disaster prone areas in the state, said state additional director general of police Ram Singh Meena on Monday.