Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2020-08-11 15:14:00
Event time (UTC): 2020-08-01 12:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Land fire: brush, bush, pasture)

Activation reason:
On August 1, 2020 Sardinia was affected by several fires, including one in the countryside of Bonorva which lasted for three consecutive days. Several ground teams of the Forestry and Environmental Supervision Corps, Fire Brigade and Voluntary Organizations were deployed and three Canadair and four regional helicopters were needed to deal with the fire. The fire affected a large area estimated at about 3000 hectares.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 0
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) (2020): Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7fbd4a5e-437c-48be-ac32-538ca761dd88

Keywords

Copernicus Copernicus Service CEMS ITA Copernicus Emergency Management Service Wildfire Emergency Italy Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Emergency Management Mapping Copernicus EMS EMSR453 Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR453]: Fire in Sardinia, Italy (2020-08-11)

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

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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: 2020-08-11
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR453
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/7fbd4a5e-437c-48be-ac32-538ca761dd88
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