Assessment of the Potential for Earthquake Disaster Management in Rural Managers; Case Study: Central Division of Bastak

Earthquake is a natural hazard that can cause irreparable damages. Its damages are often more severe in rural areas. One way to reduce the earthquake damage is promotion the knowledge of people, especially rural managers. Based on this, the purpose of this study is evaluating the knowledge and skills about earthquake crisis management in the rural local managers of the central division of Bastak County that located in Hormozgan province. This research is an applied type, and its method is descriptive-analytic. Data were collected in two ways including document-library and field survey based on a questionnaire. Questionnaire reliability based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient was measured at the primary test. Statistical society is 130 rural manager of a central division of Bastak County. The sample size was determined 97 persons by Cochran formula. Data analysis included quantifying answers; calculate averages, and Student t test using SPSS software. The results indicate that more than 94% of answers are lower than average of the test. According to triple phases of earthquake crisis, an average of readiness before an earthquake is 1.95, an average of crisis phase is 1.47, and post-earthquake phase is 1.73. So, appropriate training courses to increase readiness for earthquake crisis management have to be considered.