Active Fire Data

Download active fire products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) , Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Landsat Operational Land Imager (OLI) for the last 24, 48 hours and 7 days in shapefile, KML or text file formats.
Also available through FIRMS:

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* Please note on the Archive Download, the NRT data is replaced with data extracted from the standard MODIS and VIIRS active fire products as it becomes available (usually after 2-3 months). Users intending to perform scientific analysis are advised to download the standard (science quality) data.

  • MODIS C6.1 is available from November 2000 (for Terra) and from July 2002 (for Aqua) to the present.
  • VIIRS 375 m (S-NPP) data are currently available from 20 January 2012 to the present.
  • VIIRS 375 m (NOAA-20) data are currently available from 01 January 2020 to the present.
  • LANDSAT 30 m OLI (8 / 9) data are currently available from 20 June 2022 to the present.

For more information about FIRMS and the active fire products.


Details about regional coordinates.

Note about Real-Time (RT) and Ultra Real-Time (URT) data
Real-Time (RT) and Ultra Real-Time (URT) data is available through these services: RT and URT data are removed when corresponding NRT detections are processed or RT/URT is older than 6 hours.
Coming soon: RT and URT data as part of the CSV, ShapeFile and KML/KMZ Active Fire downloads

NASA EOSDIS defines Real-Time as data that is made available within 60 minutes of satellite overpass. URT is much quicker than that. FIRMS makes URT data available in less than 60 seconds of satellite fly over for much of the US and Canada
Learn more about Ultra Real-Time data.
Shapefiles
Google Earth KML
Text Files (CSV)
MODIS 1km VIIRS 375m / S-NPP VIIRS 375m / NOAA-20 LANDSAT 30m
World 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Canada 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d
Alaska 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
USA (Conterminous) and Hawaii 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d
Central America 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South America 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Europe 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
North and Central Africa 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Southern Africa 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Russia and Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South East Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Australia and New Zealand 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A

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MODIS 1km VIIRS 375m / S-NPP VIIRS 375m / NOAA-20 LANDSAT 30m
World 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
Canada 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   7d
Alaska 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
USA (Conterminous) and Hawaii 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   7d
Central America 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
South America 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
Europe 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
North and Central Africa 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
Southern Africa 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
Russia and Asia 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
South Asia 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
South East Asia 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A
Australia and New Zealand 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) 24h   48h   48h (anim) N/A

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To keep file sizes to a minimum, the data are provided by region.

MODIS 1km VIIRS 375m / S-NPP VIIRS 375m / NOAA-20 LANDSAT 30m
World 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Canada 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d
Alaska 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
USA (Conterminous) and Hawaii 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d
Central America 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South America 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Europe 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
North and Central Africa 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Southern Africa 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Russia and Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
South East Asia 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A
Australia and New Zealand 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d 24h   48h   7d N/A

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