TEHRAN Swiss ambassador to Tehran, Nadine Olivieri Lozano, in a meeting with the president of Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO), Ali Nasiri, has voiced Switzerlands preparedness to enhance relations with Tehran in crisis management.During the conference held on Tuesday in Tehran, the authorities visited TDMMO, and said taken measures in crisis management in Tehran are incredible; we invite developing a joint workgroup to share knowledge and experiences in crisis management, ILNA reported.For his part, Nasiri highlighted the significance of cooperations with international communities saying that a number of the taken measures are the outcome of joint activities that are ongoing.Referring to the establishment of toughness groups as a successful result of previous cooperation with Switzerland, Nasiri said the members of these groups have raised from 14,000 to 50,000 over the past 3 years.The official went on to say that Tehran is exposed to different risks consisting of earthquakes, floods, fires, air contamination, storms, drought, landslides, and subsidence.
Nasiri also elaborated on the actions required to increase safety such as securing abandoned pits, optimizing crisis management supportive bases, improving the safety of 66 top priority bridges, and enhancing the durability of Tehran as a metropolis through seismic retrofit.Developing accelerometer and seismographic networks, examining the safety of essential and high-rise buildings, implementing a collapse program, managing meteorological risks, performing functional and table-top exercises, and releasing health, safety, environment (HSE) secretariat are among other performed actions, in addition to preparing and modifying the HSE guidelines, he noted.Reinforcing cooperation can enhance crisis managementIn September 2024, the previous head of the crisis management organization said reinforcing cooperation amongst the ECO member states in prediction, avoidance, preparation, reaction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation fields can greatly enhance the effectiveness of crisis management.Currently, the world is facing serious obstacles, the most essential of that include climate change, water scarcity (particularly fresh and safe water), absence of green areas, and desertification, IRNA priced estimate Mohammad-Hassan Nami as saying.He made the remarks at the 9th ECO Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction which was hung on September 17, 2024 in Dushanbe.
The occasion was hosted by the Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan.Regarding the availability of valuable innovations in crisis management, Nami proposed the suitable use of intelligent systems for proper data analysis to be put on the agenda to more advance the objectives of the countries.The official kept in mind that access to genuine and dependable information associated to threats is the basis for making quick, precise, reliable, and timely decisions in managing emergency situations and minimizing monetary and life losses.
Nevertheless, a significant part of the risks is not limited to geographical borders.It is important for ministries and emergency organizations of the ECO member nations to act in the form of meaningful details systems and intelligent systems to prompt analyze and examine data, and problem cautions to accountable organizations.In this regard, Iran has made a centralized and coordinated effort to identify threat information nationally and share it with the executive bodies of the nation.
The nation has actually acquired successful experiences in the management of earthquake threat reduction, flood control, subsidence, landslide, water tension, drought and frost, fire, great dust, cold, and heat waves, Nami added.Regarding the truth that parts of the ECO member states are located in dry and desert regions, it is critical to enhance partnerships on executing efficient measures to attend to the following issues: Preparing regional geological danger maps; handling shared water resources to prevent the disruption of the local ecosystem; training and conducting joint governmental and community-oriented practices and maneuvers; developing a joint specialist group to cooperate activities amongst members, strengthening cooperation in forecasting weather conditions, releasing early cautions and fast response; as well as sharing brand-new technologies.MT/ MG