…”This category covers the generic need to get access to base maps with lifelines, topography, land use and location of assets. Such information is needed for risk plans (potential impact assessments), and emergency planning as well as real-time operations to allow adequate management of intervention and positioning of rescue forces”…

“… Through this regular information updating, it is all the risk management actions that can be optimised. Indeed, nowadays and at the time of GPS-based positionning, if the « base map » is wrong, the full system is weakened”…

… “Service of high interest due to the large number of applications, not only in forest fires but also in environmental activities in general. The main benefit of the service lies in the ability to get an exhaustive and spatialized information on the areas burnt by forest fires."...

… “The BSM service promotes the utilization of a uniform and standard methodology for each region, country and for whole Europe. This fact would guarantee the homogeneity of products and makes possible the comparison for global analysis"...

…“This mapping service is performing regarding fires detection (> or equal to 10 ha). If the  2004 contours have the same quality as the 2nd version 2003 ones, the operational deployment is directly conceivable."...

…“This service provides a much more precise and global vision of the geographic zones prone to excessive runoff risk in comparison with meteorological awareness maps, which actually give information on the rainfall at the departmental level.”…

…”This service is a very appropriate piloting tool for COZ and CODIS means.”…

…“This service permits to take into account the runoff risk as well as its intensity, and not only the water height elevation in case of a flood.”…

…”Up to now, no equivalent early warning system is available”…

…“Integration of the EO products (flood extent maps as observed by satellite) with other products coming from other data sources, and into a simple database system, appears to be a very positive and useful point.”…

…” Simulated and historical flood mapping are very useful for flood prevention”…

…” Simulated and historical flood mapping appear to be very helpful for damage assessment”…

… “Important basis in decision making during the phases of prevention, preparedness and response operation. “...

…” Unique information covering large geographic areas and can give sequences of data/images over time.”...