DATASET

Forest fire in Corsica, France (2018-01-04)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2018-01-04 12:39:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-01-04 11:15:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
As of 2 January, several forest fires devastate northern Corsica, affected by the storm Eleanor and its strong winds. More than 1 500 hectares have been already burned. Six fires were active on 4 January while terrestrial and aerial firefighting means have been engaged in order to extinguish it in the most effective way.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2018): Forest fire in Corsica, France (2018-01-04). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/19ded7f6-f80c-4061-813f-988dd9745b9b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR263 FRA France Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR263]: Forest fire in Corsica, France (2018-01-04)
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

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WKT
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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
2018-01-04
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR263 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/19ded7f6-f80c-4061-813f-988dd9745b9b
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