Description
Activation time (UTC): 2022-06-16 13:04:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-06-16 13:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
On the 16 June 2022, three wildfires in Spain's Catalonia region reduced about 1100 hectares of woods and bushes to ash, as a heat-wave brought temperatures close to record highs in the area. The forest fire occurred in Artesa de Segre in Lleida has burnt through 500 hectares of vegetation and continues to threaten another 20,000 hectares of land. The Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping was requested to provide First Estimate Product, Delineation with monitoring and Grading products.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 4
Grading products: 2
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/EMSR578 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emergency
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- esp
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- spain
- cems
- emsr578
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH