DS-004Climate & EarthGlobalLIVE DATA
NASA / LANCE
NASA FIRMS Active Fire
Satellite active-fire detections
MODIS, VIIRS, and Landsat hotspots with brightness, confidence, and overpass time for tracking wildfire spread.
“How long is the gap between a fire seen by satellite and a fire reported by the news?”
UPDATE
As fast as under 60 min
COVERAGE
Global · 24 hours to 7 days
ACCESS
Free account / MAP_KEY
LICENSE SUMMARY
CC0 unless otherwise marked
AVAILABLE FORMATS
CSV · SHP · KML · WMS
LICENSE
CC0 1.0 for NASA-led data unless a restriction or other license is marked
ATTRIBUTION
Name the satellite product and acknowledge NASA/GSFC, LANCE, ESDIS, and FIRMS with access date.
PRE-PUBLISH CHECK
Review the official license basis ↗Suomi NPP science-product delivery will cease on November 1, 2026, and data after the March 9, 2026 anomaly may not meet mission specifications. Before publishing, open the product citation page and verify a current feed such as NOAA-20 or NOAA-21, near-real-time status, version, and basemap rights.