The documents were unveiled during a ceremony marking Civil Defense
Week in the oil sector. They include: a performance evaluation guide for civil
defense and crisis management, a guide for site selection and equipment of
emergency operation centers (EOC), and a revised framework for civil defense
and crisis management training.
According to the ministry, the first two documents were jointly signed
and issued by Omid Shakeri, Deputy Petroleum Minister for Engineering, Research
and Technology, and Mohammad-Mehdi Pouyandeh, acting head of the General
Directorate for Civil Defense and Crisis Management. The training framework was
updated and approved jointly by Shakeri and Sedigheh Khazaei, Deputy Minister
for Management Development and Human Capital.
The move seeks to ensure consistency in implementing the Petroleum Ministry’s
statutory duties and to institutionalize civil defense and crisis management
activities throughout the sector. Under the new directives, all subsidiaries
and affiliated organizations of the ministry are required to establish crisis
management centers and align their operations with newly developed evaluation
checklists.
Officials said the EOC Command Center Guide marks the first
such framework to be prepared within Iran’s executive bodies and could serve as
a model for other sectors. The revised training program is designed to foster a
culture of civil defense and enhance the capabilities of experts and managers
across the oil industry.