Achievements of the prefer project in the prevention phase of the forest fire management

The three years FP7 project PREFER (Space-based information support for the Prevention and Recovery of Forest Fires Emergency in the Mediterranean Area) devoted to develop a satellite based service infrastructure capable to provide up-to-date information to support the preparedness, prevention, recovery and reconstruction phases of the Forest Fires emergency cycle in the European Mediterranean Region, has been successfully completed at the end of 2015. However, the project consortium will make available its products for the 2016 summer season, too. The present paper aims at presenting the project achievements emphasizing the most innovative information products developed in the framework of the project. For such products the methodology, validation and demonstration results will be presented and discussed.