Post-wildfire damage assessment in Tenerife, Spain (2023-08-24)

Description

Activation date: 2023-08-24

Event type: Other

Activation reason:

The CEMS Risk and Recovery Standard (RRM STD) has been activated by the Spanish General Directorate of Civil Protection and Emergencies (CENEM) on behalf of the government of the Canary Islands (Spain), following the forest fire that broke out on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) on 15th of August 2023. It initially affected the municipalities of Arafo and Candelaria, extending to another 10 municipalities and affecting protected natural spaces such as the Teide National Park, La Corona Forestal Park, among others. Given the seriousness of the event, the Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping service was activated to follow the evolution of the fire.According to the last product delivered in the EMSR685 activation, the fire is no longer active since August 26, 2023. The CEMS Risk and Recovery service was activated in order to provide an assessment of the damage after the forest fire in the area.The Wildfire delineation and grading product has been generated by using post-event VHR satellite images. The analysis resulted in 11,966 ha burnt, of which11,053 ha have been slightly damaged, 826 ha moderately damaged and 87 ha highly damaged.The Impact assessment analysis on assets and population and the P15-Impact assessment analysis on selected aspect show that the fire ravaged inside a mostly unpopulated area but affected some buildings in the outskirts of the coastal villages of the island, as well as roads and cart tracks crossing the burned area in the mountains. The fire mostly affected forest areas (conifers and broadleaves).

Contact

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

Contributors

Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping

https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2023): Post-wildfire damage assessment in Tenerife, Spain (2023-08-24). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3f26c3e2-cb21-5e01-9512-5177189d6daa

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSN165 ESP Mapping Other Risk and Recovery Mapping Spain

Data access

Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping Activation [EMSN165]: Post-wildfire damage assessment in Tenerife, Spain (2023-08-24)

URL

Maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant geodatabase (GDB) and complete final report as well.

Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-16.6057 28.46655, -16.36226 28.46655, -16.36226 28.27361, -16.6057 28.27361, -16.6057 28.46655))

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2023-08-24
Modified date: 2023-08-24
Issued date: 2023-08-24
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSN165
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3f26c3e2-cb21-5e01-9512-5177189d6daa
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