DATASET

Wildfire in Fokida, Greece (2021-08-06)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2021-08-06 08:21:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-08-05 12:19:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
A wildfire is raging from Thursday noon in Central Greece, burning down large forest and rural areas. The moderate wind and high flammability of forest fuels due to prolonged draught, make the work of firefighters very difficult. Elaia and Kallithea villages have been evacuated for precautionary reasons. According to Fire Service 28 firefighters with 10 vehicles are currently operating in the area, assisted by 1 ground force group.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 2

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): Wildfire in Fokida, Greece (2021-08-06). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6398e719-4fe8-4bf0-bfb7-5d8f53df2363

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR530 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR530]: Wildfire in Fokida, Greece (2021-08-06)
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

Type Value
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GML
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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
2021-08-16
Modified date
2021-08-16
Issued date
2021-08-06
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR530 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/6398e719-4fe8-4bf0-bfb7-5d8f53df2363
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