Forest Fire in Evia Island, Greece (2018-08-14)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-08-14 09:08:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-08-12 15:24:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
On 12 August, a forest fire broke out on the Greek island of Evia, near Athens. The residents of Kondodespoti and Stavros villages were preventively evacuated. The K349 Agrilitsa-Katavothra-Kalamaki wild life park was directly threatened by the fire. Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used for a rapid assessment of the fire perimeter to assist the fire service in mop up operations, as well as to prevent any possible re-ignitions of the fire.

Reference products: 0
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) (2018): Forest Fire in Evia Island, Greece (2018-08-14). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/fce9c770-73da-4bad-9892-ea062c129a59

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management Emergency EMSR306 Greece GRC Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR306]: Forest Fire in Evia Island, Greece (2018-08-14)

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 ((23.5810943731 38.6565610753, 23.6986490017 38.6565610753, 23.6986490017 38.5811949673, 23.5810943731 38.5811949673, 23.5810943731 38.6565610753))

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: 2018-08-14
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR306
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/fce9c770-73da-4bad-9892-ea062c129a59
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