Description
Activation time (UTC): 2017-08-05 08:00:00
Event time (UTC): 2017-07-31 23:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
The country's heat wave led to the outbreak of fires in some forests in the centre and Northwest of the country, which spread to hundreds of hectares of trees and green spaces. Fire-fighters are struggling to put the fire down because of the high temperatures and the sirocco.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 2
Grading products: 0
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/EMSR220 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emsr220
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- tunisia
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- cems
- tun
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH