Forest fires in Bizerte, Tunisia (2017-08-05)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-08-05 08:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-07-31 23:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
The country's heat wave led to the outbreak of fires in some forests in the centre and Northwest of the country, which spread to hundreds of hectares of trees and green spaces. Fire-fighters are struggling to put the fire down because of the high temperatures and the sirocco.

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

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) (2017): Forest fires in Bizerte, Tunisia (2017-08-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/674cbf6b-be39-4109-8c25-bced1ce481af

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus EMS Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus Service Emergency EMSR220 Emergency Management Mapping Tunisia Rapid Mapping Wildfire TUN

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR220]: Forest fires in Bizerte, Tunisia (2017-08-05)

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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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((9.08555038276 37.246315284, 9.36346793845 37.246315284, 9.36346793845 37.0140686331, 9.08555038276 37.0140686331, 9.08555038276 37.246315284))

Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-19
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2017-08-05
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR220
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/674cbf6b-be39-4109-8c25-bced1ce481af
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