Fire in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (2021-08-17)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2021-08-17 23:09:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-08-17 19:45:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
On 17/08/2021, a major fire started on the island of La Palma (Canary Islands). This fire is affecting mainly the El Paso municipality on the west of the island and the rural zone near a biodiverse National Park. Due to adverse weather conditions, the fire could last several days and affect populated areas. Copernicus EMS is requested to provide Delineation and Grading products.

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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Fire in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (2021-08-17). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4d2d3dd5-651a-4fbb-be9b-f1c650230d1f

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service CEMS Emergency Management Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping EMSR543 Wildfire Emergency ESP Spain Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR543]: Fire in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain (2021-08-17)

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

POLYGON((-17.974472628816 28.688081029203,-17.842431238642 28.688081029203,-17.842431238642 28.604565022559,-17.974472628816 28.604565022559,-17.974472628816 28.688081029203))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-09-03
Modified date: 2021-09-03
Issued date: 2021-08-17
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR543
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/4d2d3dd5-651a-4fbb-be9b-f1c650230d1f
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