Wildfire in Georgia (2017-08-24)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2017-08-24 10:19:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-08-20 12:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
In the last days Georgia is facing a complex situation in terms of high temperatures, low humidity and string winds which elevated the fire weather index and the risk of forest fires. A major fire started near Daba village (Borjomi municipality) and it's continuously spreading towards the inhabited area. The national and local firefighters have been

mobilized. The mountainous terrain and strong wind make the firefighting operations extremely difficult.

Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 1
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/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2017): Wildfire in Georgia (2017-08-24). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c2989450-9e09-4451-a88b-b90a44ebb10c

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR226 GEO Georgia Mapping Wildfire Rapid Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR226]: Wildfire in Georgia (2017-08-24)

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 ((43.412199905 41.8478802957, 43.4902609808 41.8478802957, 43.4902609808 41.8001457204, 43.412199905 41.8001457204, 43.412199905 41.8478802957))

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: 2017-08-24
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR226
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/c2989450-9e09-4451-a88b-b90a44ebb10c
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