Reducing the unforeseen incidents damages (earthquake) by using round poles and reducing the pole mounted distribution transformers power

Iran is a country that is located on one of the biggest faults in the world, which is stretched from Italy to China. It is a strong reason for disastrous incidents to happen in this area. Among all 33 natural disasters that happen consecutively in different parts of the country, earthquake is the most perilous one. About 950 earthquakes have occurred in Iran in current decade, and many fundamental facilities and vital urban plants, e.g. electricity, have encountered drastic predicaments [1]. For instance, Bam earthquake can be mentioned, in which fundamental rural and urban facilities suffered from severe damages, including the electricity network. In this article, in addition to briefly investigation of losses occurred due to Bam earthquake on Electricity distribution networks, some proposed solutions are also presented that their approaches have been recently Developed and implemented in Mashhad Electric Energy Distribution Company (MEEDC) to Prevent and reduce vulnerability in such disasters.