Wildfires Data Access and Tools

NASA data examine many aspects of fires and the processes related to their origins and results, from lightning detection tracking to burn scar analysis. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Wildfires Data Tools

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FIRMS	The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity.	Access, Visualization
Hazards Mapper	The Hazards Mapper enables users to rapidly get an idea of the population, land area, dams, and nuclear power plants that could be impacted by a wide range of natural events, including floods, earthquakes, fires, and volcanic eruptions.	Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply	Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets.	Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
TESViS	The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products.	Visualization, Subsetting
VEDA	NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities.	Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Worldview	Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data.	Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events

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Featured Observation Method: VIIRS

NASA's Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) provides active data for fire management and wildfire alert systems.

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Discover Enhanced Wildfire System Capabilities with NASA's FIRMS

Learn how to use NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) and its enhanced User Interface that provides additional services and analysis capabilities for wildfire management.

This screen capture from NASA Worldview shows the locations of widespread thermal anomalies and smoke haze in Thailand and neighboring Cambodia.

FIRMS Helps Thai Officials Manage Fire and Smoke Haze

Geographer Veerachai Tanpipat promotes the use of NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) throughout the Lower Mekong River Region.

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True color corrected reflectance image of fires blazing across Canada on 17 July 2024 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite

Canadian Wildfires

Image captured on July 17, 2024, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.

NASA FIRMS Helps Fight Wildland Fires in Near Real-Time

NASA’s worldwide Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides vital near real-time tools for managing wildland fires.

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Wildfires Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Spatial Extent	Data Format
Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics	MODELS, LANDSAT-1	Computer, MSS	1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166	CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE	2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01		N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516	CSV
LBA-ECO CD-05 Understory Fuel Stick Moisture, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 1998-2000	FIELD INVESTIGATION	BALANCE	1998-10-09 to 2000-11-17		N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55	CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 Forest Flammability Data, Catuaba Experimental Farm, Acre, Brazil: 1998	FIELD INVESTIGATION	VISUAL OBSERVATIONS	1998-06-01 to 1999-09-30		N: -10.073 S: -10.073 E: -67.629 W: -67.629	CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 GOES-08 Hot Pixel Data from Acre, Brazil: 1998, 2000, and 2001	GOES-8	GOES-8 Imager	1998-08-01 to 2001-10-30		N: -7.37 S: -11.14 E: -66.63 W: -73.58	CSV
LBA-ECO LC-08 Passive Ground-based Fire Data, Para and Mato Grosso Brazil: 2001-2002	FIELD INVESTIGATION	VISUAL OBSERVATIONS	2002-07-12 to 2002-07-15		N: -9.7 S: -15.7 E: -55.1 W: -56.5	CSV
LBA-ECO LC-23 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison for Brazil: 2003-2004	Terra, Aqua	MODIS, ASTER	2003-01-19 to 2004-02-07		N: 5 S: -11 E: -54 W: -68	multiple
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003	Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua	MODIS, AVHRR	2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31		N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74	multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, May, 2011	NASA ER-2	MASTER	2011-05-15 to 2011-05-23	COLORADO, UTAH, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA	N: 38.8226 S: 31.9522 E: -101.25 W: -120.234	multiple
MASTER: California Fire-Burn Area Emergency Response, California, April 2008	B-200	MASTER	2008-04-14 to 2008-04-26	CALIFORNIA	N: 37.8333 S: 32.5333 E: -116.55 W: -122.583	multiple

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