Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-08-01)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-08-01 19:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-08-01 00:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
On the late hours of July 31 a large bog fire erupted in the Ramata parish, Mazasalaca Municipality and Limbaži District, North of Latvia. Due to an ongoing drought in the affected areas and high winds, the fire is continuing to spread. Open flames and

a lot of smoke are present in the areas.

Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 1
Grading products: 0

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) (2018): Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-08-01). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2ac0e0a2-c26c-4dce-a2fe-bfb6605cbae5

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR301 Emergency Management Latvia LVA Rapid Mapping Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR301]: Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-08-01)

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

POLYGON ((24.8128287571 58.0319098547, 25.0438088452 58.0319098547, 25.0438088452 57.9314173138, 24.8128287571 57.9314173138, 24.8128287571 58.0319098547))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-08-01
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR301
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/2ac0e0a2-c26c-4dce-a2fe-bfb6605cbae5
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