Fires in Viet Nam
Viet Nam Fire Emergency
24 April 2002
GFMC Update 23 Aapril 2002, 06:00 GMT
The fire assessment team consisting of representatives ofMARD, the Ca Mau Province, GTZ-GFMC, and UNDP reported on 21 and 22 April that the fire in U Minh Ha Park is stillcontained. 500 firefighters (mainly military) are patrolling and controlling the situation. Before morethan5000 people had been involved in fighting the fire.
According to a telephone conference with the assessment group at 03:30 GMT the situation assessment is extended toanother Park site.
The follow-up actions are not yet finally decided.
LatestSatellite Image
Forestfires and land-use fires in Viet Nam, including the fire disaster zone in U MinhThuong National Park, acquired by the Moderate-resolution ImagingSpectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on 23 April 2002.
Fires can be seenin southern Viet Nam
Source: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/products_rr.html
Imagesearch support at:
http://www.uni-freiburg.de/fireglobe/current/MODIS.htm
Precipitationforecast for Viet Nam for 25 April 2002, 07:00 local time.
(Source: ECPC Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Precipitationforecast for Viet Nam for 20-27 April 2002
(Source: ECPC Fire Weather Index Forecast)
(FireWeather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 25 April 2002, 19:00 local time.
(Source: ECPC Fire Weather Index Forecast)
FireWeather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 20-27 April 2002.
(Source: ECPC Fire Weather Index Forecast)
FireWeather Index (FWI) forecast for Viet Nam for 30 March to 27 April 2002.
(Source: ECPC Fire Weather Index Forecast)
Duffmoisture content (typical for peat-swamp layers) provided
by the ASEAN FireWeather Information System (Source: ASFWIS)
Forfurther Information please see the updates on the Viet Nam Fire Emergency of the recent days.
