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Qualitative Assessment of Emergency Response Condition during Seismic Natech Events for Tehran City

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Bijan Sayyafzadeh 1
Saeedeh Koohestani 1
Abdolreza Sarvghad Moghadam 2
Mahdi Sharifi 3
1 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
2 International Research Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Tehran, Iran
3 Qom University, Qom, Iran
10.22034/ispdrc.2023.2005373.1036
Abstract
Recent decades with the birth and growth of the world's industries have witnessed the destructive effects
of severe natural events on industrial plants and the consequences and events caused by natural events
have drawn a lot of attention to this emerging category of technological events caused by natural events
(NaTech). Lack of preparation to face this class of events and confusion to make decisions in providing
the appropriate response to the existing conditions by macro decision-makers and emergency response
forces and the public have always been observed. Various reasons can be mentioned for it, including the
multidisciplinary nature of the subject, the emerging and low statistics of these events, the insufficiency
of specialized information, and the adoption of approaches similar to process events. Types of damage to
infrastructures and lifelines due to the occurrence of natural events are prominent cases and there are
many problems and obstacles in responding to the circumstances of the event. In this article, the
investigation of natural seismic events in other countries is discussed and after reviewing the description
of the events, the response situation in emergency situations has been investigated and categorized. Using
other studies, the status of lifelines and infrastructures is investigated; the response status to emergency
situations in the event of a possible natural seismic event in Tehran is discussed.
Keywords
Earthquake
Natural hazards
Qualitative assessment
Seismic risk
Oil and gas industrie
Subjects
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