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Country Presentation
Iranian Disaster Management
By Ali Bakhtiari
Visiting Researcher at ADRC

January 20141

to the Government
Go ernment of japan and ADRC

NDMO2 General Information on I
I.R.IranR Iran Natural Hazards affecting Iran.
 DisasterDi t Management
Mt Mechanism
M h i ini Iran.
I Some of the key achievements ofIran with regard

to DisasteriRiski Reductioni
 Progress of the Hyogo Framework for Action(HFA)by year 2013.
 International Cooperation for DRR.
 My Research

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Administrative System(at a glance)
Located in south-west Asia
 Capital (and largest city) : Tehran Official language(s) Persian (Farsi)
 Legislature
Islamic Consultative
Assembly Unification
Median Empire
625 BC-Safavid Empire
Islamic Republic
Current constitution

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1 April 1979
24 October 1979

Area : 1,648,195 km2 (18th)
 Population :2013 (estimate ) : 77,163,154 (17th)
4 Located on the world drybelt
 60 ppercent of Iran iscovered with mountains
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the remaining part isdesert and arid lands.

The mean annual precipitation
rate is about 240 mm which isconsidered as 1/3 world mean
precipitation rate.
 Located on Alp- seismic belts

Due to its location,location Iran is a disaster prone country
country.
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 Earthquake Drought
Dht
 floods
 Wild fires
 landslides and technological disasters

67Fatality
35
60
5307
21119763
13612
261
30000
3315601200
100362340000

Mag
7.8
6.3
5.5
6.3
5.3
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5.9
61
6.1
6.1
66.4
6.3
63
6.3
5.8
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6.1
5.5
5.9
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location
Saravan
Boshehr
Zahan
Ahar&Varzaghan
KahnojfahrajDamghangheshmLorestangheshmZarandMazandaran
Bam
Fars
Ghaen
ArdabilBojnord
Zanjiran – Fars&Kahnoj Kerman
SistanDarab - Fars
Rudbardate
16 April 2013
9 April 2013
5 December 2012
11 August 201215 June 201120 Desember2010
27 August 2010
10 September2008
30March2006
27 nowember2005
22Feburary 2005
28 May2004
26Desember2003
6 May 1999
10 May1997
28 Feburary1997
4 May 1997
20 June1994
23 Feburary1994
6 November1990
20June1990

8The Supreme Leader :The general policies of disasterprevention and disaster risk reduction has been announced byp
Leader of the Islamic Republic
pof Iran at its
the Supremehighest level.
` The president : The High Council of the National Disaster
Management Organization(NDMO) has been formed in orderto develop strategy and setting policy in the area of disasterRi k reduction
Riskd ti ini theth organizations
i tiandd institutions
i tit tiaffiliatedffili t dto the three State governing branches, and the other institutes
and agencies under the auspices of the Supreme Leader (withregard to delegation of authority by His Honor) as well as forenacting of regulations and standards governing the fourphases of disaster management
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 The
Th (NDMO) isi formed
fd ini orderd to:t¾ utilize the national, regional and local capacities to confront the naturaland unexpected disasters¾ creating an integrated management system for policy making, planning,¾ coordinating research and executive activities¾ concentrated information dissemination and supervision over different

phases of disaster management¾ rehabilitation and reconstruction of disaster stricken areas

 The NDMO is affiliated to the Ministry of Interior and the Head will be
appointed by the Minister of Interior.
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` 14 Specialized Working groups under thesupervision of the Ministry of Interior are
responsible for managing, coordinating,administrating all activities related to Natural
HHazards
d ini theirth i Organizations.
Oi ti11 The national structure of the NDMO is mirrored atprovincial level.
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The Governor General is the head of provincial
Council for Disaster Management.

 The Local Governor is the head of city Council for

Disaster Management12

Allocating annually 2% of total national incomes to Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management.
 Allocating
budget in 5th National Development Plan for
retrofitting and resilience of more than 140,000 schools andeducational centers.
 Allocating budget in annual financial plan for retrofitting andresilience of hospitals and Health facilities.
 joining of Some municipalities to international Campaign for
Making Cities resilience.
 Granting low interest- rate loans to the people for retrofitting ofbuildings repayable in longbuildings,
long-term
term installments of 15 to 20 years,years
reconstructing around 300,000 houses annually, in order to ensure
safety of the old and weak buildings in rural and urban areas.
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Constructing around 2,600,000
2 600 000 residential units forvulnerable peoples according to safety building codes
based on Maskane Mehr projects.
To form and support activities of the Iranian National
Platform forDisaster Risk Reduction andimplementation of the Hyogo framework for action
To identify and to determine the vulnerable areas withrelative high risk within the framework ofcomprehensive safety plans in provinces.
To promote organizational structure of disastermanagement taskforce in provinces, recruitment andincreasing organizational functions
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 Rendering agricultural and livestock insurance to

90 types of agricultural products and livestock. With
respect to drought, also extending the insurance toindustry,y, commercial activities and housing.
g International cooperation and partnership with
manyy other countries in the area of disaster risk
reduction and management

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` The

Government of Iran was one of the firstcountries to establish an Executive Secretariat tofollow up on the implementation of Hyogo
Framework for Action (HFA) at the national level` Iranian National Platform on disaster risk reduction
IR/DRNP was established in Feb 2005, in order toimplement the HFA at the national,national provincial andlocal levels.
` This mechanism works under the supervision of theNational Disaster Management Organization(NDMO) of the Ministry of Interior hosted by anacademic Center (Building and Housing ResearchCenter (BHRC) ). It is considered a multi – sect oral16

Dissemination of weather information` The daily forecasts are broadcasted through, radio and TV channels
are as follow:` 11 Countinusly from 7 to 24 local TimeTime.
` 2- Prerequest or under critical situation from 00 to 07 local time.
` Several types of forecasts are distributed:` - Forecasts for TV and radio;` - Aviation forecasts to all the international and dometic airports in
Iran every six hours for 36` hours ahead;` - Agricultural forecasts every 24 hours;` - Marine forecasts for the Persian Gulf ,Oman
Oman Sea and Caspian sea
every 6 hours;` - Forecasts to the Ministry of Energy every 24 hours; and` - Forecasts for military purposes` - Development of applied forest cover maps of 1/25000 scale`````````

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Development of electronic smart schools and cyberspace forstudents.
- Conducting in-job training courses for staff of the Ministry ofEducation- School Safety: Development and implementation of acomprehensive program addressing
all groups of the society for School Safety
Safety.
- Increasing public awareness and preparedness using all types ofmedia.
- EducatingEdichildren
hildandd youngsters aboutbearthquakehk preparedness
dat all- school levels by including materials in textbooks, films,conducting
dddrills,
ll- Exhibitions, drawing and writing competition- Organizing
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pg and training
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- Organizing annual art, painting and training exhibition.
- Conducting annual national drill in schools on November 8th.
- Strengthening the key role of women in hazard mitigation
programs and promotion of authorities;- Inclusion some educational materials in academic schedules inprimary schools and high schools;- PublishingP bli hieducationaldtil materials
t i l forf technicalt h i l institutes
i tit t andd public
bli- School Disaster Management Committee has been established forthe use of local and indigenous knowledge capacity.
- Holding technical training courses on earthquake risk management
for experts of the governmental organizations;- Conducting research projects on earthquake risk reduction andpost-quake activities;- Conducting studies and researches on urban vulnerability.
seismic safety culture.
- Posting street posters teaching a-seismic construction.
- In this regard attention has been paid to 7 IT skills at community
level

Development of electronic smart schools and cyberspace forstudents.
- Conducting in-job training courses for staff of the Ministry of
Education- School Safety: Development and implementation of acomprehensive program addressing
all groups of the society for School Safety
Safety.
- Increasing public awareness and preparedness using all types ofmedia.
- Educating
Edi
childrenhildandd youngsters aboutbearthquake
hk preparedness
dat all- school levels by including materials in textbooks, films,conducting
dddrills,
ll- Exhibitions, drawing and writing competition- Organizing
gg annual art,, painting
pg and training
g exhibition.
- Conducting annual national drill in schools on November 8th.
- Strengthening the key role of women in hazard mitigation
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 Signing Bilateral Agreements with other Countries.
 Administrating Joint programme to UN agencies inline to UNDAF.
 Joining International Centers like ADRC.

21Topic:
Integration of DRR into National and local
governmentt developingd l i planningl i ini iran.
i Background and significance of research:more focused
fd afterf HFA
A iin 2005.
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DRR and National Development plan in my country.
Role of such manuals in DRR.
Achievement to sustainable development.

22 Access to resources, experiences related to myResearch.
 Use of practical experience of ADRC membercountries.

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