DATASET

Industrial Accident in Vrbětice (2014-12-06)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2014-12-06 11:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2014-12-03 01:15:00
Event type: Industrial accident

Activation reason:
A series of blasts took place on Wednesday (3.12.2014) morning in the munitions depot at Vrbětice in south Moravia, which was destroyed in mid-October by a devastating explosion. Villages in the close vicinity of the munitions store have had to be evacuated for safety reasons and clean-up work at the site had to be interrupted.

Reference products: 2
Delineation products: 1
Grading products: 1

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Contact

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2014): Industrial Accident in Vrbětice (2014-12-06). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/9e5fae92-73c5-4e4e-a1ce-6edc09ba0f71

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service CZE Czech Republic Emergency Emergency Management EMSR113 Industrial accident Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus Emergency Management Service

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR113]: Industrial Accident in Vrbětice (2014-12-06)
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

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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
2014-12-06
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR113 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/9e5fae92-73c5-4e4e-a1ce-6edc09ba0f71
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