Wildfire in Athens, Greece (2022-07-20)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-07-20 08:57:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-07-20 02:20:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
A forest fire broke out on the slopes of Mount Penteli in the northern suburbs of Athens on 19 July 2022. Residents of the towns Anthousa, Drafi, Pikermi, Pallini, Penteli, Dioni, were ordered to evacuate, as the flames approached their houses. Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used mainly by local authorities (Forest Service, Region of Western Greece, municipalities) for recovery and restoration planning of the affected area. Furthermore, local authorities are expected to use the mapping products for future flood protection measures, the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organization is expected to use the maps for damage assessment of farming activities, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is expected to use the maps for damage assessment in roads, infrastructure, houses and buildings.

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

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) (2022): Wildfire in Athens, Greece (2022-07-20). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7d08a4c6-f086-44c4-8ee6-22f54a452487

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR598 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR598]: Wildfire in Athens, Greece (2022-07-20)

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

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-07-20
Modified date: 2022-07-20
Issued date: 2022-07-20
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR598
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7d08a4c6-f086-44c4-8ee6-22f54a452487
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