Fire Information for Resource Management System
 Screenshot of NASA FIRMS in a web browser | |
Type of site | Web mapping |
|---|---|
| Owner | NASA |
| URL | https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/firms |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | No |
| Launched | January 2021 |
| Current status | Active |
Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) is a free web mapping platform offered by NASA as part of its Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program. It displays active fire locations in near real-time overlaid on a map.[1][2]
While created to monitor wildfires,[1] it has also been used to report on fires due to military conflicts such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine[3] and the Tigray war.[4]
Specifications
The data is collected via MODIS and VIIRS satellite instruments.[5] The spatial resolution of the MODIS instrument is 1 km × 1 km and 375 m × 375 m for VIIRS. This sets a lower limit on how accurately fires can be placed and whether a detection stems from a single larger or multiple smaller fires.[4] The detections are displayed on top of higher resolution imagery showing terrain details and each visualized detection is clickable to display its data, such as detection time, coordinates, satellite and instrument.
Development
FIRMS was developed by the University of Maryland in 2007 with NASA funds and from 2010 to 2012 a version of it was run by the UN's FAO.[1]
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About FIRMS". earthdata.nasa.gov. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "FIRMS: Fire Information for Resource Management System". storymaps.arcgis.com. 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ Burlaka, Oleksandr (2024-09-18). "Fire at a Russian missile depot". universemagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Gonzales, Carlos (2022-10-04). "Scorched Earth: Using NASA Fire Data to Monitor War Zones". Bellingcat. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
- ^ "Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)". toolkit.climate.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-22.
External links
Media related to FIRMS at Wikimedia Commons
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