Fire Kazakhstan
Forest Fires in Kazakhstan
29 August 2003
The following information on the statusof forest fires in the Republic of Kazakhstan on 28 August 2003 has been providedby Avialesookhrana of Kazakhstan:
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Quantity of forest fires from the beginning of year 659
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The burnt out area – 81,171 ha
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Including covered with a wood – 26,534 ha
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The most subject area to forest fires – Semipalatinsk
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Forest fires- 253
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The burnt out area -31,941 ha
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Including covered with a wood -14,400 ha
Source:Mr. Nikolay I.Ezhov, Director of the Kazakh Base for Aerial Forest Fire Protection
Mr. Nikolay I. Eghov
Chief, Avialesookhrana of Kazakhstan
Gorkogo St. 259
Almaty
Kazakhstan, 480020
According to the Remote SensingLaboratory of the Sukachev Institute for Forest in Krasnoyarsk (RussianFederation) the total land area affected by fire in Kazakhstan in the 2003 fireseason is 947,111 ha (1649 fires).
Daily Fire Occurrence and Fire Danger Maps of the Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk
Selected fire occurrence maps, satellite images and a forest fire danger map are prepared daily by the Russian GFMC correspondent Dr. Anatoly Sukhinin, Fire Laboratory of the Sukachev Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, in collaboration with the Emergency Situation Monitoring and Forecasting Agency, Krasnoyarsk branch. The maps are produced on the base of satellite data (classification by the NOAA AVHRR). They show the fire locations (by latitude and longitude) and the area affected by fire (red signature, size in ha). The red arrow at each fire location points to the nearest populated place. The terms Oblast or Kray used in the maps are designations of administrative regions. A map showing the boundaries of administrative regions and a legend is included below.
Map legend
Administrative boundaries
Overview map showing large fire locations detected over the last 10 days
Overview
Latest maps maps showing fire activities of 28 August 2003 (selection)
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