GFMC: Forest Fires in the Russian Federation
Forest Fires in the Russian Federation
16 April 2007
Avialesookhrana from the National Forest Fire Centre of Russia provides up-to-date NOAA images for the whole of the Russian Federation and neighbour territories. The Space Monitoring Information Support Laboratory provides extensive links to sites with satellite imagery for the Russian Federation, meteorological information as well as fire related images are accessible.
The NOAA AVHRR satellite image composite shows fire activities in the Russian Federation.
Latest (16 April) NOAA 12&14 AVHRR composite
The red squares indicate regions of active fires (MODIS Detection). For details the GFMC readers are encouraged to use the hyperlinks provided by Avialesookhrana, the Aerial Forest Fire Protection Service of the Federal Forest service of Russia.
(Source: Avialesookhrana cloudiness maps)
Fire situation report of the Aerial Forest Fire Protection Service of Russia (Avialesookhrana)
According to the wildfire situation report of 15 April 2007 of the Russia (FFA) a total of 33 fires affected 178 ha forested and 53 non forested lands, 18 fires of them were reported as new fires. In addition 3 fires occurred that were put out the same day they have started.
Through all of Russia 277 people, 1 aircraft, 59 bulldozers, tractors and engines have been involved in fire fighting.
Since the beginning of the 2007 fire season a total of 413 fires affected 4504 ha forested and 317 ha non-forested lands of the Federal Forest Agency.
(For comparison: Last year up to this date 114 fires have burnt 1369 ha forested and 1018 ha non-forested lands.)
Most fires have been reported in the following regions:
Chita – 22
Khakasiya – 7
Source: Aerial Forest Fire Protection Service of Russia (Avialesookhrana), prepared for GFMC by Nastya Rodenko
