Article 8–Article 10 · 3 articles
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Information covered
1. The European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) shall be operated by the Joint Research Centre of the Commission.
2. The following data shall be recorded in EFFIS:
(a)
the common core data submitted in accordance with Article 9;
(b)
additional data for forest fires affecting areas of at least 50 hectares submitted in accordance with Article 10;
(c)
information provided by the Joint Research Centre on forecast of fire risk within the framework of the European Forest Fire Risk Forecasting System (EFFRFS) and on mapping and evaluation of damages caused by fire which affect an area of at least 50 hectares within the framework of the European Forest Fire Damage Assessment System (EFFDAS).
Common core data
1. By 1 July each year, each Member States shall submit to the Commission the common core data for every forest fire which has occurred in their territory during the preceding year. The common core data shall at least comprise the following information presented in such a way as to be comparable at Community level, in respect of each forest fire:
(a)
date and local time of first alert;
(b)
date and local time of first intervention;
(c)
date and local time of extinction;
(d)
location of the outbreak at the commune level (common code);
(e)
total fire-damaged area;
(f)
breakdown of the fire-damaged area into forest and other wooded land and non forested areas;
(g)
presumed cause.
2. The technical specifications set out in Annex II shall be used for the purpose of recording the common core data referred to in paragraph 1.
Additional information
For forest fires which affect areas of at least 50 hectares additional information may be provided annually by the Member States to the Commission in addition to the common core data referred to in Article 9.
Such additional information shall, if provided, include the level of damage, that is to say, whether low, medium or high, and the location.
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