Description
Activation time (UTC): 2021-04-08 11:02:00
Event time (UTC): 2021-04-07 08:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
In the morning of 7 April 2021, the Val Cannobina mountains, near Lake Maggiore, were affected by a large forest fire. Strong foehn winds fuelled the fire, which is still active affecting a large area of the forest. Several teams of Fire Fighters and two aerial fire-fighting amphibious aircraft of the air operations centre of the Italian Civil Protection have been deployed.
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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR508 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- italy
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- ita
- emsr508
- cems
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH