Investigation of the Capacity of Fire Stations in 19 Area Tehran Municipality in Post-earthquake Fires

Padash, Amin; Kheirdast, Afrasyab

doi:10.48306/jumee.2023.416088.1019

Investigation of the Capacity of Fire Stations in 19 Area Tehran Municipality in Post-earthquake Fires

Authors

Amin Padash ¹

Afrasyab Kheirdast ²

¹ Center for Climate Change and Health Research (CCCHR), Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran

² Department of Environmental Management, Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran, Commander of the Tehran Fire Department, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.48306/jumee.2023.416088.1019

Abstract

Due to the increasing importance of providing security services and measures to prevent and deal with fire incidents and crisis management in cities, fire stations are very important. Undoubtedly, the timely service of fire stations, more than anything else, along with the need to establish them in suitable places in urban environments, requires having the necessary capabilities and equipment to respond to the needs of citizens. Greater Tehran, with a population of more than eight million people, is the largest city in the country, due to the parallel expansion, and also the increase in population, has increased the grounds of fire in the city. The current research is important because its audience is all managers, and fire chiefs and it can be used to investigate management systems and accident command. The research method in this research is the hierarchical analysis process, where the indicators are compared and scored one by one, and the priority between them is determined. Based on the analysis conducted in this research, the operational forces stationed in the fire stations and operational vehicles are not proportional to the capacity of the region, and the firefighting equipment of these stations will not be sufficient for the region during the fires after the earthquake, and this is one of the negative points of the study area that during the earthquake Fire control is almost impossible and we will face a serious crisis.

Keywords

Fire Station

Earthquake

Fire

Performance Analysis

Tehran Municipality

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