Fires in Sicily (2016-06-23)

Description

Activation time (UTC): 2016-06-23 18:07:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-06-16 03:00:00
Event type: Forest fire, wild fire

Activation reason:
On 16 June, several fires started in Sicily Region involving large areas of regional forested territory, towns and villages. The wild fires were fanned by temperatures of up to 40°C and strong southern wind as the “scirocco”. Schools and homes were temporary evacuated and damages to infrastructures and private and public structures have been reported.

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Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 10

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) (2016): Fires in Sicily (2016-06-23). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/f968edcc-0cfa-4367-a5fe-195f9bc35957

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Emergency Emergency Management EMSR169 Forest fire ITA Italy Mapping Rapid Mapping wild fire

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR169]: Fires in Sicily (2016-06-23)

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 ((11.9156684575 38.3195521868, 15.5132750416 38.3195521868, 15.5132750416 36.72216467, 11.9156684575 36.72216467, 11.9156684575 38.3195521868))

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: 2016-06-23
Landing page: https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR169
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Regions and cities, Science and technology
Update frequency: unknown
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/f968edcc-0cfa-4367-a5fe-195f9bc35957
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