Iranian Emergency Medical Service Response in Disaster; Report of three Earthquakes

Saberian, Peyman; Kolivand, Pir-Hossein; Hasani-Sharamin, Parisa; Dadashi, Fatemeh; Farhoud, Amir Reza

The earthquake occurred in a residential area with a history of past earthquakes. The study area is located in Zagros seismotectonic state. Zagros is considered to be the most active and earthquakeprone region in Iran. According to reports in Kermanshah province, 82% of buildings are made of masonry materials, i.e., without a building structure. About 80% of urban buildings (211,000 units) and 93% of buildings in rural areas (110,000 units) of Kermanshah province have been made of masonry materials. In Kermanshah province, more than one million and a hundred thousand people reside in housing units without a skeleton (14) . ï‚· Bam Buildings in the region were made of masonry, brick, steel, and concrete. The brick and mortar buildings, which have desert architectural features, were completely destroyed and collapsed in more than 80% of the cases.