Analyzing the performance of Red Crescent Society of Khorasan Razavi Province in Kermanshah Earthquake

• Main Authors: Mohammad Sadegh Tavakoli sani, Sayed Mojtaba Ahmadi, Saeed Taherian, Hassan Goodarzi, Maryam Yosofi Sigari
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences 2018-05-01
• Series: Journal of Disaster and Emergency Research
• Subjects: Earthquakes; Crisis Management System; Red Crescent Society
• Online Access: http://jder.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-12&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Introduction: Kermanshah earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 is one of the largest earthquakes in recent decades in Iran. The incident led to discover the existing gaps in the crisis management system in the country. Studying this event based on documented scientific views might reveal the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of crisis-based organizations and provide solutions for solving future problems in similar cases. Methods: In this study, the performance of Red Crescent Society of Khorasan Razavi province as the commander of rescue operations in Sarpol-e Zahab city was investigated. The information and experts' opinions were collected based on SWOT technique and using the AHP method to examine the effective indicators. The effective strategies for the future were also explained and proposed. Results: The average strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and the internal factors identified in the list were presented. Based on the results of this paper, after the expert's opinion about the rescue area, 14 factors were identified as the strength points, 13 factors were considered as weaknesses, 8 factors were identified as opportunities and 15 factors as threats, and then during the process were weighted and prioritized. In the list of external agents, there was some threats. After identifying effective internal and external factors and classifying them based on the Likert spectrum, four groups of weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats were used to determine the weight of criteria and indicators of hierarchical analysis. For this purpose, a group of experts was used. Finally, the system growth strategies, maintaining or improving the status of the system, and the weakness of the system were determined. Conclusion: Based on the results and scientific findings obtained from the previous cases, necessary plans should be made in order to carry out the necessary activities at the time of confrontation with any emergency in the country.