Forest fire in Ancient Olympia Municipality, Western Greece Region, Greece (2021-08-05)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2021-08-05 11:38:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-08-04 10:03:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
Α wildfire is raging since 4 July 2021 in Ancient Olympia Municipality at Western Greece Region, burning down large forests of pine and rural areas. The fire is active on several fonts. The moderate wind, high temperatures and high flammability of forest fuels make the work of firefighters very difficult. The areas of Ancient Olympia, Pelopio, Platanio, Koskina, Mageiras, Kladeo, Xelidoni, Kaykonia have been ordered to evacuate for precautionary reasons. In the area 174 firefighters with 52 vehicles, assisted by 9 ground force groups, four (4) helicopters and two (2) planes has been deployed. Voluntary firefighters, water tankers and local government machinery provide assistance.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 7
Grading products: 1

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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) (2021): Forest fire in Ancient Olympia Municipality, Western Greece Region, Greece (2021-08-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1c7e8e37-2ce8-405b-9c13-f55367ab46de

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Emergency Emergency Management EMSR528 GRC CEMS Greece Rapid Mapping Mapping Wildfire Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR528]: Forest fire in Ancient Olympia Municipality, Western Greece Region, Greece (2021-08-05)

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

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GEO

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-08-16
Modified date: 2021-09-03
Issued date: 2021-08-05
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR528
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/1c7e8e37-2ce8-405b-9c13-f55367ab46de
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