DATASET

Wildfire in Kephalonia, Greece (2021-07-05)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

Description


Activation time (UTC): 2021-07-05 06:49:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-07-03 11:13:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
A big wildfire is raging from 3rd July morning in the island of Kephalonia. Large forests and rural areas were burnt down and several villages as Keparandriti, Agia Eirini, Markopoulo, Kremmidi, Pasta and Kolaitiwere were evacuated. According to Fire Service, 116 firefighters with 32 vehicles are operating in the area, with the assistance of ground forces and helicopters, even though the strong wind made firefighters' work extremely difficult. It was declared by the head of Fire Brigades that nobody was injured or harmed. On the 4th July, the situation was better as winds have weakend. The Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Service products will be used by fire service during firefighting operations and by local authorities for recovery and restoration planning of the affected area.

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

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): Wildfire in Kephalonia, Greece (2021-07-05). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/bc9b388a-2aaa-4e5d-9f7f-67637c39c606

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR516 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR516]: Wildfire in Kephalonia, Greece (2021-07-05)
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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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
2021-08-04
Modified date
2021-08-04
Issued date
2021-07-05
Landing page
https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR516 
Language(s)
English
Data theme(s)
Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency
unknown
Identifier
http://data.europa.eu/89h/bc9b388a-2aaa-4e5d-9f7f-67637c39c606
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