Description
Activation time (UTC): 2022-08-13 18:53:00
Event time (UTC): 2022-08-13 13:20:00
Event type: Wildfire (Forest fire)
Activation reason:
On 13 August 2022, a fire started in Añón del Moncayo, Zaragoza, Spain, affecting an area of high ecological value. The fire has already burnt 1500 hectares and several towns have been evacuated. At the time of activation, the forest fire is active and the weather conditions are extremely unfavourable with increasing drought. The land's orography indicate that it will be very difficult to extinguish the fire in the coming days. Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping is requested to provide a first estimation, delineation with monitoring and grading products.
Reference products: 0
Delineation products: 1
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/EMSR623 |
Tags
- emergency-management
- emergency
- emsr623
- copernicus-service
- copernicus
- esp
- wildfire
- copernicus-emergency-management-service-rapid-mapping-activation
- spain
- cems
- copernicus-emergency-management-service
- rapid-mapping
- mapping
- copernicus-ems
Topics
- REGI
- TECH