Fatalities associated with wildfires 1980-2022, Oct. 2023

This metadata refers to a vector dataset that shows the number of fatalities caused by wildfires. The dataset covers the EEA-38 member countries over the period 1980-2022.



The dataset is part of the European Climate Adaptation Platform (Climate-ADAPT) accessible here: https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/observatory/evidence/health-effects/wildfires

The data is based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer under a contract and with 'non disclosure' provisions.



Sources: Based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer

Simple

Identification info

Date (Creation)
2023-10-01
Date (Publication)
2023-10-13
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
eea_v_3035_100_k_wildfire-fatalities_i_1980-2022_v01_r00

Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
100000
Topic category
  • Environment

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
1980-01-01 2022-12-31

Extent

Extent

Description

EEA38 (from 2020)

N
S
E
W




Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GEMET

  • natural risk

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • EEA38 (from 2020)

Spatial scope

  • European

EEA topics

  • Extreme weather

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
public access limited according to Article 13(1)(g) of the INSPIRE Directive

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

The dataset has been provided to EEA by RiskLayer under a contract and with 'non disclore' provisions. Therefore, the dataset is protected by copyright and cannot be made public accessible.

Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • Geopackage

  • GDB

OnLine resource

Direct download (Eionet authentication)

OnLine resource

https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/EUROGEO/Fatalities_associated_with_wildfire/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS

OnLine resource

Fatalities associated with wildfires (1980-2022)

OnLine resource

https://climate.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/EUROGEO/Fatalities_associated_with_wildfire/MapServer

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Resource lineage

Statement

The number of fatalities from individual wildfire events (recording all events that mentioned wildfires) were aggregated for calendar years for the EEA38 member countries.



The data is based on the damage records from CATDAT of RiskLayer GmBH ( https://www.risklayer.com/data.html)

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Source

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:3035

Metadata

Metadata identifier
5a53c027-1c63-4fa7-81c6-3e1b2b259318

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/5a53c027-1c63-4fa7-81c6-3e1b2b259318

Date info (Creation)
2023-10-11T11:25:16.002Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T10:52:08.658028Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

EEA topics

Extreme weather
GEMET

natural risk
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Natural risk zones
Spatial scope

European


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