Forest Fire in Mount Kenya, Kenya (2019-03-03)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2019-03-03 15:11:00
Event time (UTC): 2019-03-01 11:19:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
On 1 March 2019, a fire started in Mount Kenya on the Tharaka Nithi side. The fire has affected approximately 10,400 acres and is still spreading quickly. Efforts to put out the fire are on-going, though unsuccessful as the fire keeps spreading due to the dry weather conditions

Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 2
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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2019): Forest Fire in Mount Kenya, Kenya (2019-03-03). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/822e32a7-48f0-4810-b0dd-5c92648be492

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management KEN EMSR345 Kenya Wildfire Mapping Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR345]: Forest Fire in Mount Kenya, Kenya (2019-03-03)

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

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((37.1036682129 0.068574319000049, 37.7265930176 0.068574319000049, 37.7265930176 -0.442588133053, 37.1036682129 -0.442588133053, 37.1036682129 0.068574319000049))

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: 2019-03-03
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR345
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/822e32a7-48f0-4810-b0dd-5c92648be492
Popularity: 01 Apr 2024: 1 visits