Overall Green Forest fire alert in Australia from 22 Dec 2021 00:00 UTC to 09 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1003786
Countries:	Australia
Start Date - Last detection*:	22 Dec 2021 - 10 Jan 2022
Duration (days):	19
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	5490 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

GDACS Score

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10 Jan 04:46

Impact Timeline

ID	Alert color	GDACS Score	Population Affected	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1		0.5	0	5490	10 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS
2		0.5	0	5624	11 Jan 2022 04:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Australia , State of Western Australia (population 1,655,588) . The nearest places are and Norseman.

CCI Land Cover

Radius	Population
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people
1 km	no people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Western Australia	Australia	1.7 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Norseman	Western Australia	Australia	City	-	84 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Norseman	NSM	263	Civ.	Unpaved	Yes	3000	81 km

Ports

Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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