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Wildfire on Rhodes island, Greece (2023-07-18)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description

A wildfire started in the afternoon of 18 July in a forest area of Rodos Island and is still ongoing. Residents of the villages of Eleousa, Salakanos and Dimilia were ordered to evacuate. According to the Hellenic Fire Service, 86 firefighters are currently operating in the area, assisted by 3 ground force groups, 28 vehicles, 3 water-bombing aircraft and 3 helicopters. Personnel and means of municipalities, regions, armed forces and groups of volunteers are assisting. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide an initial rough estimation, to support the monitoring and assessment of the extent of the wildfire and the damage caused.

Contact

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

Contributors

  • General secretariat for Civil protection - Directorate for Emergency Planning and Response

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2023): Wildfire on Rhodes island, Greece (2023-07-18). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/5c197d31-6e98-5433-aae5-538e46ca4f50

Keywords

Forest fire Copernicus EMSR675 Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Event EMSR675 - mapping website
Use conditions
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • Area(s) of interest: Salakos

Event EMSR675 - REST API endpoint
URL 

Geographic areas

Europe Greece

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Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2023-07-19
Modified date
2023-07-19
Issued date
2023-07-18
Landing page
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d419b6f3a0b34762a714257dc37de1a4 
Data theme(s)
Environment, Regions and cities
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/5c197d31-6e98-5433-aae5-538e46ca4f50
Popularity