The purpose of the activation is the production of cartographic products and data for the Vatera region of P.E. Lesvos, which was affected by a fire that occurred on Saturday, July 23.
At the behest of the General Secretary of Civil Protection, the Planning and Emergency Response Directorate of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, as the National Contact Point, activated the service Copernicus Emergency Management Service – Mapping of the European Union.
The purpose of the activation is the production of cartographic products and data for the region Vatera of P.E. Lesvoswhich was affected by a fire that occurred on Saturday 23 July, to aid the work of the agencies involved in dealing with emergencies and managing the consequences of the phenomenon.
📌 Activation #CopernicusEMS🇪🇺 for immediate mapping🛰️ of the forest-affected area #Vatera #Lesvos
🔗 https://t.co/XRoTHHgACb
📌 @CopernicusEMS🇪🇺 activation for the immediate mapping of the #area in #Lesvos #Vatera affected by #forestfire
🔗 https://t.co/0P9iTIR2Zi pic.twitter.com/zqCvm6HVCl
— Civil Protection GR (@GSCP_GR) July 24, 2022
🇪🇺 New @CopernicusEMS activation [#EMSR607]: Forest fire in Lesvos, Greece
🔗 https://t.co/X6ffLnpDvC#Wildfire in #Greece – #Copernicus #CEMS #RapidMapping #EUCivPro pic.twitter.com/AKI5vbhGNW— Copernicus EMS (@CopernicusEMS) July 24, 2022
The request was accepted by the European Union (activation code EMSR607) and the availability of a series of cartographic data and products resulting from the analysis of satellite images is expected immediately.
The data and maps of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service/Mapping Service will be made available directly by the Planning and Emergency Response Directorate of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection to all involved bodies free of charge for the management of their project.
The prediction #EFFIS for Greece 🇬🇷 shows a “very extreme” fire risk for several areas of the country.
Specifically:
In the Peloponnese around the city of Argos
On the islands: in Crete, Naxos, Mykonos, Chios, Lesvos#fire #fire pic.twitter.com/ntDnb9SFyx
— Copernicus EMS (@CopernicusEMS) July 24, 2022
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