Forest Fire in Southern Italy (2017-07-13)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-07-13 16:32:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-07-11 00:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
During recent weeks almost the whole Italian National Territory has suffered a period characterized by very high temperatures and an absence of significant rain. Exacerbated by these conditions numerous fires are affecting Italy, most specifically in southern areas. Several fires are affecting large forested areas and, in certain cases, fires are threatening inhabited areas. Damages to infrastructures, public and private structures have occurred as have temporary evacuations due to risk to life.

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Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 29

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.

Contact

Email: jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Forest Fire in Southern Italy (2017-07-13). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2885fae0-f5e0-4d46-b437-fc935660e159

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR213 ITA Italy Rapid Mapping Wildfire Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR213]: Forest Fire in Southern Italy (2017-07-13)

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

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Lineage information

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2017-07-13
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR213
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2885fae0-f5e0-4d46-b437-fc935660e159
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