Establishment of Emergency Response Plan for the 1st 72 hours after anEarthquake in Tehran

Output 2: Quick Damage and Loss Estimation System(QD& LE)

Objectives:

• Establishment of appropriate hardware and software bases for estimation of damages derived from earthquakes as a basic apparatus for effective emergency response in the time of occurrence of an earthquake.
• Improving operational capability and capacity building for disaster management related organizations through utilization of this system in periodical drills.
• Utilization of this system for evaluating municipal districts vulnerability in the process of preparation of Regional and urban risk reduction plans in Tehran

Steps taken for implementation of project:

• Updating urban data banks and damage and loss estimation functions
• Locating and construction of accelerators and seismographs stations in Tehran
• Equipping aforesaid stations with required instruments
• Designing software for quick damage and loss estimation in Tehran
• Radio connection between seismographs stations
• Formulating guideline and action plan for QD & LE system
• Training for System operators
• Making system operational and system maintenance
• Upgrading system capabilities

Published at Feb 3, 2010