DATASET

Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2020-08-11 15:14:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-08-01 12:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Land fire: brush, bush, pasture)

Activation reason:
On August 1, 2020 Sardinia was affected by several fires, including one in the countryside of Bonorva which lasted for three consecutive days. Several ground teams of the Forestry and Environmental Supervision Corps, Fire Brigade and Voluntary Organizations were deployed and three Canadair and four regional helicopters were needed to deal with the fire. The fire affected a large area estimated at about 3000 hectares.

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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2020): Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7fbd4a5e-437c-48be-ac32-538ca761dd88

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR453 ITA Italy Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR453]: Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11)
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

Type Value
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GML
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WKT
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GML
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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
2020-08-11
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR453 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/7fbd4a5e-437c-48be-ac32-538ca761dd88
Popularity
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