NASA FIRMS: Providing Active Fire Data for Near-Real Time Monitoring and Applications. “The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) distributes Near Real-Time (NRT) active fire data within 3 hours of satellite observation from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua and Terra satellites, and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard S-NPP and NOAA 20 (formally known as JPSS-1).

• The active fire / hotspot data can be viewed in FIRMS Fire Map or in NASA’s Worldview, delivered as email alerts or downloaded in the following formats: SHP, KML, TXT, WMS
• FIRMS is part of NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
• For Tips, Suggestions and What’s new visit FIRMS Blog