Accessibility Statement

GWIS - Global Wildfire Information System website

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://gwis.jrc.ec.europa.eu’

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains.
These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including persons with disabilities.

You should be able to:

  • zoom up to 200% without problems
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
  • navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the  technical standard for websites and mobile apps EN 301 549 v.3.2.1.
This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.
See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on  March 2023.

Preparation of this statement

This statement was prepared on March 2023.
The statement is based on a review done by the automated tool Axe Monitor.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the GWIS website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

  • Phone: 00 800 6 7 8 9 10 11
  • Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of the GWIS website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • Java-Script

Non-accessible content

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of the GWIS website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix.
Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions.
Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the GWIS website:

  1. Graphs and charts – use of colour: Some graphs and charts on the website rely on colour alone to communicate information, which is confusing for people with colour vision deficiency. We plan to fix this issue by end December 2023.
  2. Graphs and charts – text alternatives: Graphs and charts are not accessible to screen reader users as they do not contain appropriate text alternatives. We plan to fix this issue by end December 2023.
  3. Maps: Some content in the maps does not have a text alternative for people with a vision impairment. We plan to fix this issue by end December 2023.