en تخصصي Special كاربردي Applicable <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Background: </strong>The man-made and natural disasters have adverse effects with sound, apparent,&nbsp;and unknown consequences. Among various components of disaster management in health&nbsp;sector, the most important role is performed by health-treatment systems, especially hospitals.&nbsp;Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate the surge capacity of hospitals of Kerman<br> Province in disaster in 2015.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This is a quantitative study, conducted on private, military, and&nbsp;medical sciences hospitals of Kerman Province. The sampling method was total count and data&nbsp;collection for the research was done by questionnaire. The first section of the questionnaire&nbsp;included demographic information of the studied hospitals and second part examined the<br> hospital capacity in response to disasters in 4 fields of equipment, physical space, human&nbsp;resources, and applied programs. The extracted data were analyzed by descriptive statistics.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The mean capability of implementing the surge capacity programs by hospitals of&nbsp;Kerman Province in disasters and in 4 fields of equipment, physical space, human resources,&nbsp;and applied programs was evaluated as 7.33% (weak). The surge capacity capability of state&nbsp;hospitals in disasters was computed as 8% and compared to private hospitals (6.07%) had a<br> more suitable condition.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Based on the results of study and significance of preparedness of hospitals&nbsp;in response to disasters, it is proposed that managers of studied hospitals take measures to&nbsp;promote the hospital response capacity to disasters based on 4 components of increasing&nbsp;hospital capacity.</p> Capability, Surge capacity, Hospital, Disaster 111 118 http://hdq.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-123-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Gholamreza Khademipour No Technical Deputy of Disaster and Emergency Medical Management Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences , Kerman, Iran. Hojat Sheikh Bardsiri hojat.sheikhbardsiri@gmail.com Yes Research Center of Health Economics, Management and Health Economics School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Mohammad Hossein Yar Mohammadian No Research Center of Health Economics, Management and Information Sciences School. Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran. Mahmoud Nekuyi Moghadam No Department of Disaster and Emergency Health, Management and Medical Informatics School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.