DATASET

Fire in Sweden (2014-08-04)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2014-08-04 13:59:00
Event time (UTC): 2014-07-31 11:00:00
Event type: Forest fire, wild fire

Activation reason:
There is an ongoing wildfire in the Swedish forests between Hallstahammar and Sala. The fire isn't under control. An area about 1000–1500 hectars is on fire and the firefighters haven't been able to hinder the fire. The fire have spread since Sunday afternoon (3rd of August). Weather conditions will worsen the situation in the coming days with temperatures above +30° C and stronger winds. In total the fire is burning approximatly 10000 hectars.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2014): Fire in Sweden (2014-08-04). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3ee3654c-1150-47ae-9756-354d06d75f4c

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR096 Forest fire Mapping Rapid Mapping SWE Sweden wild fire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR096]: Fire in Sweden (2014-08-04)
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

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WKT
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WKT
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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
2014-08-04
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR096 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/3ee3654c-1150-47ae-9756-354d06d75f4c
Popularity