Forest Fire in Madeira Island (2016-08-10)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2016-08-10 14:06:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-08-08 17:00:00
Event type: Forest fire, wild fire

Activation reason:
A forest fire started on 8 August in the municipality of Funchal in Madeira Island causing damage and casualties. Local media, as of 10 August, reported that three people have died, over 200 have been injured,

over 950 have been evacuated and 50 houses have been damaged.

Reference products: 2
Delineation products: 6
Grading products: 6

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/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2016): Forest Fire in Madeira Island (2016-08-10). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0c18e6d3-4831-45c2-bd59-a25b0e818636

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Forest fire, wild fire Emergency CEMS Emergency Management EMSR175 Mapping Rapid Mapping Portugal PRT

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR175]: Forest Fire in Madeira Island (2016-08-10)

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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GEO

POLYGON((-17.214449457 32.798340954,-16.8467931747 32.798340954,-16.8467931747 32.6313310946,-17.214449457 32.6313310946,-17.214449457 32.798340954))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2016-08-10
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR175
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/0c18e6d3-4831-45c2-bd59-a25b0e818636
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