DATASET

Fire in Aigialeia Municipality, Western Greece (2021-08-01)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2021-08-01 10:55:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-07-31 12:38:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
A wildfire is raging from Saturday July 31 noon in Aigialeia Municipality at Western Greece District , burning down large forest, rural and urban areas. The strong winds and high temperatures make the work of firefighters extremely difficult.

Logos, Kamares, Lampiri and Ziria villages and a camping with children have been evacuated for precautionary reasons. According to Fire Service 294 firefighters with 77 vehicles are currently operating in the area, assisted by 7 ground force groups, 7 helicopters and 5 planes.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 1
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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Fire in Aigialeia Municipality, Western Greece (2021-08-01). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/48b0b370-4db6-4329-ae60-fce01a6c8525

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR525 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus Emergency Management Service Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR525]: Fire in Aigialeia Municipality, Western Greece (2021-08-01)
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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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-08-16
Modified date
2021-08-16
Issued date
2021-08-01
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR525 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/48b0b370-4db6-4329-ae60-fce01a6c8525
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