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EFFIS Burned-Area Perimeters

Near-real-time European burned-area polygons for corroborating recent wildfire detections against mapped perimeters.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Intermediate — some data preparation helps
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
GML
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Intergovernmental Source
Data Terms
EU-owned EFFIS content is CC BY 4.0 unless marked otherwise; credit EFFIS and any identified underlying provider.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

EFFIS exposes effis.nrt.ba.poly polygons through its WFS, separately from thermal-detection points. Start with one bounded feature request; an empty result is not proof of no fires.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Review EFFIS's burned-area service and attribution rules.
  2. 2.Request at most one effis.nrt.ba.poly feature in a small bounding box.
  3. 3.Keep mapping time and spatial coverage distinct from active-fire detections.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://maps.effis.emergency.copernicus.eu/effis",
    params={"service": "WFS", "version": "1.1.0", "request": "GetFeature",
            "typeName": "effis.nrt.ba.poly", "maxFeatures": 1,
            "bbox": "5,45,6,46,EPSG:4326"},
    timeout=25,
)
response.raise_for_status()
assert b"FeatureCollection" in response.content[:4096]
print("EFFIS perimeter response bytes:", len(response.content))
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect a Recent Perimeter Query

Query a bounded recent burned-area polygon layer.

  1. 01Request one feature at most in a small European bounding box.
  2. 02Record whether a polygon was returned and its geographic bounds.
  3. 03Explain that an empty query cannot establish an all-clear.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS is an intergovernmental source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: recent EFFIS mapped burned areas.

Domains

Wildfires

Data Types

Geospatial

Geography

Europe

Formats

GML

Provider

Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS

Data Terms

EU-owned EFFIS content is CC BY 4.0 unless marked otherwise; credit EFFIS and any identified underlying provider.

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