Forest Fire in Thassos Island - Greece (2022-08-17)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2022-08-17 09:35:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-08-10 10:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)

Activation reason:
A forest fire started near Potamia village in Thassos Island (Eastern Macedonia and Thrace Region - Greece) on Wednesday 10 of August morning, burnt forest, scrub and cultivated fields. Residents in the village of Kinira were ordered to evacuate. According to Fire Service 135 firefighters with 56 vehicles are currently operating in the area, assisted by 104 ground force personnel and fourteen (14) helicopter and fourteen (14) airplanes. Volunteer firefighters, military forces water tankers and local government machinery aid. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide Delineation monitoring and grading products. These Copernicus EMS Mapping products will be used mainly by local authorities (Forest Service, Fire Service, Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Thasos municipality) 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

European Commission, Joint Research Centre

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/joint-research-centre

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2022): Forest Fire in Thassos Island - Greece (2022-08-17). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d94f5b5f-6944-434c-8b29-816d3bd792e0

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Management EMSR624 GRC Greece Mapping Rapid Mapping Wildfire Emergency

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR624]: Forest Fire in Thassos Island - Greece (2022-08-17)

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

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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2022-09-05
Modified date: 2022-09-05
Issued date: 2022-08-17
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR624
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/d94f5b5f-6944-434c-8b29-816d3bd792e0
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