NEED ASSESSMENT FOR EMERGENCY SUPPLY IN EVACUATION PLACES AFTER EARTHQUAKES

During the first few days after a big disaster (such as a strong earthquake) where many people can be affected,providing necessary supply (such as tent, water, food, etc.) for victims and survived people are big challenges for disaster management authorities. This is mainly because of huge amounts of requests, blockage of road network, security issues and limited resources available in the affected region. In many cases, such as Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran Earthquake of 2016, delay in providing basic requirements for the affected population, caused severe social and security issues for many days, aftermath of the disaster. In order to address this issue, some countries have developed different guidelines (such as SPHERE, 2012) and formulated many plans for storing and distributing necessary materials, before to after the disaster, to be used after potential disasters during emergency conditions. However, those guidelines should be prepared based on local conditions and cannot be directly translated and applied in other countries, due to differences in socio-cultural conditions. Similarly, in Iran some guidelines have been prepared to address necessary emergency supply (such as providing water and healthservices at the time of crisis) by relevant institutions such as Red Crescent Society (RCS) and Tehran University of Medical Science (TUMS, 2011 and TUMS, 2012).