Description
Activation time (UTC): 2022-07-18 08:53:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-07-16 09:00:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
A forest fire started near Lygies village in Achaia regional unit (Northern Peloponnese, Greece) on Saturday noon, burning pine forest, scrub and cultivated fields. Residents in the villages of Platanovrissi and Agia Paraskevi at Achaia were ordered to evacuate. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide Delineation and Grading products. These Copernicus products will be used mainly by local authorities (Forest Service, Region of Western Greece, municipalities) 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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR594 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emsr594
- emergency
- grc
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- greece
- cems
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH