GFMC: Forest Fires in the Russian Federation

Forest Fires  in the Russian Federation  

29 July 2011


Fires in Eastern Russia


MODIS (Aqua) satellite image of fires burning in Khabarovsk Krai on 27 July 2011 (resolution: 1 km and 500m). The image below shows the smoke export to the Sea of Okhotsk.
Source: NASA satellite image repository (selected and interpreted by GFMC)


Smoke from wildfires streamed across the Sea of Okhotsk on 27 July 2011. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer(MODIS) on NASA’sAqua satellite captured this natural-color image. Source:NASA

 


MODIS (Aqua) satellite image of fires burning in Arkhangelsk Oblast on 27 July 2011 (resolution: 1 km and 250m). Today (29 July 2011) most of the Oblast is covered by clouds.
The clouds on 27 July 2011 could by thunderstorm clouds or pryrocumulus generated by high-intensity fires.
Source: NASA satellite image repository (selected and interpreted by GFMC)


False colour MODIS (Aqua) satellite image of fires burning in Arkhangelsk Oblast on 27 July 2011 (resolution: 500m).
Source: NASA satellite image repository (selected and interpreted by GFMC)

Fire danger map for June for Eastern Siberia:


Source: Sukachev Institute for Forest, Krasnoyarsk

Eurasian Experimental Fire Weather Information System
The system has been developed by forest fire researchers from Canada, Russia and Germany has been displayed on this website starting 25 July 2001. Complete information and a set of daily fire weather and fire behaviour potential maps covering Eurasia (the Baltic Region, Eastern Europe, countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Mongolia) can be accessed at:
https://gfmc.online/fwf/eurasia1.htm

 

Latest Experimental Fire Weather Index (FWI) map for Eurasia (today)
Note: The components of the Fire Weather Index and the meteorological data below are updated daily at ca. 15:00 GMT/UTC by the Northern Forestry Centre, Canada. In the list below the latest maps (including the FWI) can be downloaded. These maps will provide the information at the date of clicking on the link.

Fire Weather Index Components Meteorological Data Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC) Precipitation Duff Moisture Code (DMC) Relative humidity Drought Code (DC) Temperature Initial Spread Index (ISI) Wind direction Buildup Index (BUI) Wind speed Fire Weather Index (FWI)

Latest Situation Updates of the Aerial Forest Fire Centre of Russia
Wildfire situation report of the Aerial Forest Fire Center of Russia (Avialesookhrana)25 July, 2011
According to the wildfire situation report of 25 July 2011 a total of
230 fires affected 6326 ha forested and 1183 ha non-forested lands.
94 fires of them were reported as new fires.
An except 55 fires were put out the same day they have been discovered.

Through all of Russia 4632 people 72 aircraft, 600 bulldozers, tractors and engines have
been involved in fire fighting.

Since the beginning of the 2011 fire season a total of 16222 fires
affected 807848 ha forested and 259610 ha non-forested lands of the Forest Fund of Russia.

Most fires have been reported in the following regions:
Arkhangelsk region – 84
Komi republic – 58
Habarovsk region – 12

 

Satellite-derived fire information
Avialesookhrana provides also up-to-date satellite images for the Russian Federation and neighboring territories.

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Latest (29 July 2011 15:00 GMT) MODIS (Terra and Aqua) composite.
The red squares indicate regions of active fires.
For details the GFMC readers are encouraged to use the hyperlinks provided by Avialesookhrana.
(Source: Avialesookhrana cloudiness maps)

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 FIRMS is offering an experimental version of MODIS Keyhole Markup Language (KML) time series showing Collection 5 active fire/hotspot detections by animating the location of fires that have occurred in the region in the last 48 hours (Google Earth must be installed):
http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/kml/download.php?file=Russia_and_Asia_48h.kml

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.

 

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Map legend

Administrative boundaries

 

Overview map showing large fire locations detected over the last 10 days:

Overview

Latest maps maps showing fire activities of  29 July 2011 (selection):

   

Amur Region Khabarovsk Kray Khabarovsk Kray

More maps of other regions are available on request: info@gfmc.org

Daily Report of the EMERCOM Website

Fire situation on the territory of the Russian Federation from the 29 July 2011

115 hotbeds of wildfires with the total area 2 904.7 hectares have been registered in the Russian Federation within twenty four hours. 124 hotbeds with the area of 3 564.18 ha have been extinguished. 183 hotbeds, including those emerged earlier and 27 large ones continue burning, the area of active burning is 999.41 ha, 19 887.84 ha has been contained.

Within the past twenty four hours 124 hotbeds of wildfires with the total area of 3 564.18 hectares were extinguished, including 69 with the area of 480.85 ha extinguished on the day of detection.

Within twenty four hours wildfires have gone 2 904.71 hectares, including 2 810.45 hectares – forest land, 92.05 hectares – steppe land and 2.21 ha – peat land.

183 hotbeds of wildfires (the area of active burning is 999.41 hectares, 19 887.84 ha have been contained) continue burning. Of these 182 fires with the area of 20 837.25 ha are on the forest lands (FFA), 1 hotbed with the area 50.0 ha – on specially protected areas in Khabarovsk Territory. Including 27 large fire with the area 13 050.0 ha (1 hotbed with the area of 1 400.0 in Rostov Region, 3 hotbeds with the area of 1 540.0 in Komi Republic, 23 hotbeds with the area of 10 110.0 ha in Arkhangelsk Region).

There are 126 uncontrolled undergrowth burning sites and 4 hotbeds of waste burning on the territory of the Russian Federation.

7 328 people and 925 units of equipment were involved to extinguish wildfires.

Of these: 729 people and 133 units of equipment – from EMERCOM of Russia; 1 893 people and 386 units of equipment – from FFA; 345 people and 64 units of equipment – from the Ministry of the Interior, 4 361 people and 342 units of equipment – other RSChS subsystems.

Compared to the previous 24 hours there is a fall in the number of wildfires (by 9 hotbeds) and in the areas on fire (by 659.47 ha).

The most difficult situation with fires remains in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District, Sakha (Yakutia), Komi, Karelia Republics, Khabarovsk Territory, Arkhangelsk and Rostov Regions (hard to reach areas, unfavorable weather conditions).

Given the weather forecast, the emergency wildfire situation will remain in the Far Eastern, Siberian, Volga, Southern, North-Caucasian and Central Federal Districts: in Amur and Sakhalin Regions, Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Khabarovsk and Altai Territories, Orenburg, Saratov, Samara, Astrakhan, Volgograd, Rostov Regions, Krasnodar Territory, Chechen, North Osetia-Alania, Dagestan, Ingushetia Republics, Bashkortostan, Kalmykia, Stavropol Territory, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Moscow, Tver and Yaroslavl Regions.

Change in area and number of active fire hotbeds

Federal Districts

(Subjects
with the most difficult situation)

Wildfires burning

number /area of active burning/

total area, ha/

including large ones (area ha)

Dynamics of changes

in number of hotbeds

and area on fire

as of 28.07.2011

as of 29.07.2011

Sakha (Yakutia) Republic

4/6,42

400,0

0/0,0

6/8,24

436,0

0/0,0

Increase by 2 hotbeds

Increase by 36.0 ha

Amur Region

3/7,7

93,0

0/0,0

6/5,6

173,0

0/0,0

Increase by 3 hotbeds

Increase by 80.0 ha

Khabarovsk Territory

12/53,92

1236,6,0

1/500,0

11/26,3

745,0

0/0,0

Decrease by 1 hotbed

Decrease by 491.6 ha

Magadan Region

0/0,0

0,0

0/0,0

1/3,0

30,0

0/0,0

Increase by 1 hotbed

Increase by 30.0 ha

Far Eastern FD 

19/68,04

1729,6

1/500,0

24/43,14

1384,0

0/0,0

Increase by 5 hotbeds 

Decrease by 345.6 ha 

Krasnoyarsk Territory

1/1,25

25,0

0/0,0

1/0,79

10,0

0/0,0

No changes

Decrease by 15.0 ha

Siberian FD

1/1,25

25,0

0/0,0

1/0,79

10,0

0/0,0

No changes 

Decrease by 15.0 ha

Sverdlovsk Region

4/0,34

19,0

0/0

4/0,34

19,0

0/0

No changes

No changes

Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District

5/1,15

221,0

0/0

9/2,19

798,0

0/0

Increase by 4 hotbeds

Increase by 577.0 ha

Urals FD 

9/1,49

240,0

0/0

13/2,53

817,0

0/0

Increase by 4 hotbeds 

Increase by 577.0 ha

Perm Territory

4/37,14 96,31 0/0

0/0,0

0,0

0/0

Decrease by 4 hotbeds

Increase by 96.31 ha

Volga FD 

4/37,14 96,31 0/0

0/0,0

0,0

0/0

Decrease by 4 hotbeds

Increase by 96.31 ha 

Rostov Region

1/200,0 1250 1/1250

1/0,0

1400 1/1400

No changes

Increase by 150 ha

Urals FD 

1/200,0 1250 1/1250

 

1/0,0

1400 1/1400

 

No changes 

Increase by 150 ha

Republic of Karelia

13/20,9

209,9

0/0

11/20,9

91,3

0/0

Decrease by 2 hotbeds

Decrease by 118.6 ha

Komi Republic

51/525,07

5250,7

4/1890

46/525,01

5513,22

3/1540

Decrease by 5 hotbeds

Increase by 262.52 ha

Arkhangelsk Region

88/391,2

12727,2

22/10799

79/391,94

11619,73

23/10110

Decrease by 9 hotbeds

Decrease by 1107.47 ha

Vologda Region

5/0,05

16,6

0/0

5/6,1

40,1

0/0

No changes

Increase by 23.5 ha

Novgorod Region

1/1,2

1,2

0/0

2/4

6,9

0/0

Increase by 1 hotbed

Increase by 5.7 ha

Northwestern FD 

158/948,42

18205,81

26/12689

143/947,95

17271,25

26/11650

Decrease by 15 hotbeds 

Decrease by 934.56 ha.

Vladimir Region

0/0

0

0/0

1/5,0

5,0

0/0

Increase by 1 hotbed

Increase by 5 ha

Central FD 

0/0

0

0/0

1/5,0

5,0

0/0

Increase by 1 hotbed 

Increase by 5 ha

Overall in the RF 

192/1081,34

21546,72

28/14439,0

183/999,41

20887,25

27/13050,0

Decrease by 9 hotbeds 

Decrease by 659.47 ha

Source: EMERCOM of Russia

Recent Media Reports on Fires in the Russian Federation

For more reports see GFMC Media page: https://gfmc.online/media-highlights-on-fire-policies-and-politics.html

Recent video coverage of wildland fires and politics in Russia

2011 wildland fire videos including interviews by the Federal Forest Agency of Russia (Rosleskhoz)
http://www.rosleshoz.gov.ru/media/video

News from 15 April 2011
http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/174762

News from 22 April 2011
http://www.1tv.ru/news/social/175158

Background on Wildland Fires in the Russian Federation

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.


 

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