GFMC: Forest Fires in the Russian Federation
Forest Fires in the Russian Federation
23 May 2008
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 (23 May 03:00 GMT) 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 22 May 2008 a total of 128 fires affected 8,156 ha forested and 25 non-forested lands, 43 fires of them were reported as new fires. Through all of Russia 2,752 people, 27 aircraft, 599 bulldozers, tractors and engines have been involved in fire fighting. Since the beginning of the 2008 fire season a total of 15,082 fires affected 549,331 ha forested and 26,046 ha non-forested lands of the Forest Fund of Russia .
Most fires have been reported in the following regions:
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Zabaikalie (Chita) – 31;
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Irkutsk region – 20;
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Republic Buryatiya 26.
There are large fires in following regions:
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Zabaikalie (Chita)- 12 fires, burning area 21,360 ha;
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Amursk region – 3 fires, 1020 ha;
Source: Aerial Forest Fire Center of Russia (Avialesookhrana), prepared for GFMC by Eduard Davidenko
For more details on fire in the Russian Federation:
- IFFN Russian Federation Special Issue (IFFN 32)
- Russia 2002 fire report
- IFFN Russian Federation 2002 Fire Special (IFFN 28)
- IFFN Reports from Russia
- Fire Research Campaign Asia-North (FIRESCAN)
Bibliography on fire in ecosystems of boreal Eurasia:
One of the results of the first international fire science conference in the Russian Federation (1993) was the publication of a monograph on fire in boreal Eurasia, including some selected contributions on boreal North America. The literature cited in the monograph contains numerous publications which in many cases are not easily accessible. To facilitate literature search the bibliographical sources are provided by topic (chapter).
Goldammer, J.G. and V.V.Furyaev. 1996. Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 390 p.
