Wildfire in Krestena, Greece (2022-07-25)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-07-25 07:19:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-07-24 12:30:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:

A forest fire started on Sunday 24 July noon, near Krestena village in the Prefecture of Ilia, Western Greece Region, Greece, burning pine forest, scrub and cultivated fields. Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used mainly by local authorities (Forest Service, Fire Service, Region of Western Greece, Municipalities) for recovery and restoration planning of the affected area. Furthermore, local authorities are expected to use the mapping products for future flood protection measures, the Greek Agricultural Insurance Organization is expected to use the maps for damage assessment of farming activities, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is expected to use the maps for damage assessment in roads, infrastructure, houses and buildings. The fire is ongoing and according to Fire Service 120 firefighters with 62 vehicles are operating in the area, assisted by 7 ground force group, seven (7) helicopters and six (6) planes. Volunteer firefighters, water tankers and local government machinery are assisting.

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

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) (2022): Wildfire in Krestena, Greece (2022-07-25). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/36b09f08-5149-441e-b163-4e5b6538d72b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR608 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR608]: Wildfire in Krestena, Greece (2022-07-25)

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

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Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-07-25
Modified date: 2022-07-25
Issued date: 2022-07-25
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR608
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/36b09f08-5149-441e-b163-4e5b6538d72b
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