Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-07-18)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2018-07-18 18:21:00
Event time (UTC): 2018-07-18 15:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
On 17 July, a large forest fire and turf fire were registered in Talsi district, Valdgale county, Latvia. Due to an ongoing drought in the affected area and high winds, the fire continues to spread. Population of the affected area has been evacuated.

Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 7
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) (2018): Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-07-18). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7c00de88-1a28-49ea-bcd5-5f2d34dab182

Keywords

Copernicus Service Copernicus Emergency Copernicus Emergency Management Service Emergency Management Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation EMSR299 Latvia Copernicus EMS CEMS LVA Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR299]: Forest Fire in Latvia (2018-07-18)

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((22.1589281321 57.3928554405,22.4085342598 57.3928554405,22.4085342598 57.2823139437,22.1589281321 57.2823139437,22.1589281321 57.3928554405))

GEO

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-23
Modified date: 2021-04-19
Issued date: 2018-07-18
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR299
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7c00de88-1a28-49ea-bcd5-5f2d34dab182
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