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

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

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

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 Emergency Emergency Management EMSR175 Forest fire Mapping Portugal PRT CEMS Rapid Mapping wild fire

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

Type Value
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GML 
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WKT 
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GML 
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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
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
Popularity