22 October 2008: There are no fire data and MODIS image subsets today due to a hardware failure. We are currently working to repair the hardware. Please check the MODIS Rapid Response System website for more information and updates.

The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) integrates remote sensing and GIS technologies to deliver global MODIS hotspot/fire locations to natural resource managers and other stakeholders around the World. FIRMS is funded by NASA and builds
on Web Fire Mapper, a web mapping interface that displays hotspots/fires detected by the
MODIS Rapid Response System and delivers near real-time hotspot/fire information to international users and support fire managers around the World. Read more...

FIRMS delivers MODIS hotspot/fire information through:
(i) Email and Cell phone text messages ( Global Fire Email Alerts )
(ii) Interactive WebGIS ( *NEW* Web Fire Mapper (Open Source Beta 1.0); Web Fire Mapper (ArcIMS) )
(iii) Latest hotspot/fire data downloads ( ESRI Shapefiles, Text Files, NASA WorldWind Plugin,
KML/Google Earth, OGC WMS )  
(iv) Subsets of MODIS images

Click on the graphics below to access the different services:






 
  Announcements  

 

 



New Version of Web Fire Mapper
FIRMS has developed a new, open source version of the Web Fire Mapper! The new Web Fire Mapper allows for the rapid display and querying of new and archived MODIS active fire data. In the future, you will be able to download the active fire data straight from Web Fire Mapper.
Please feel free to test the new version of Web Fire Mapper and contact us with questions, comments or feedback.

Fire Email Alerts (Beta 4.0)
The email alerts system has incorporated some exciting new changes: 1) Users will now be able to recieve alerts in near real-time, or as daily or weekly summaries.; 2) The daily fire email alerts will contain fires from the last 24 hours (rather than 48 hours); 3) Users may choose to receive their alerts in English or Spanish.
Go to the Email Alerts page to start recieving fire email alerts.

MODIS Burned Area Products
A provisional version of the MODIS Burned Area product is available for evaluation purposes. Please go to the MODIS Fire and Thermal Anomalies website for more information.

"Fire Alarms from Orbit": NASA Earth Observatory
FIRMS featured in NASA Earth Observatory article titled "Fire Alarms from Orbit" and "Fire Alerts Go Global".

 
This material is based upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Cooperative Agreement No. NNS06AA04A issued through the Decision Support Program and from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. 
  
The MODIS active fire data is provided by the MODIS Rapid Response System. For more information about
MODIS Rapid Response, see http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
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