16th Copernicus User Forum, 13 October, Brussels, Belgium

The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) was presented in detail to the Member States representatives during the 16th Copernicus User Forum in Brussels. All current EMS components, meaning floods (EFAS & GloFAS), forest fires (EFFIS & GWIS) and mapping (rapid as well as risk & recovery mapping) as well as the future drought component (EDO) presented their relevant news, developments and user experiences of the past year.

Examples of the past summer (fires, hurricanes, floods) presented by users (Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, Germany; Office of Public Works, Ireland; Emergency Response Coordination Centre, DG ECHO) demonstrated the relevance of the service for users who are directly and actively using the various service components.