Safety Evaluation and strengthening of Fire Stations in City of Tehran

Iran is a country with a history of violent earthquakes and high seismicity. The latest dramatic earthquake of northern Iran in June of ۱۹۹۰ was a turning point in the way that seismic vulnerability was looked upon. Vulnerability study of Iran in general and existing seismic potential of Tehran, the capital city, in particular, suddenly became very important. Government officials and building owners placed high priority in understanding and finding potential risks associated with the cities and their buildings.This paper is an effort toward pre-earthquake safety evaluation and proposed methods of strengthening design for ۲۸ main fire stations in city of Tehran. In this paper, results of evaluation and ways of mitigating seismic potentials through means of STRUCTURAL and NON-STRUCTURAL upgrade design as a function of serviceability of each station is presented.