NASA-FIRMS

Web Services / WMS

FIRMS fire-based maps (images) are offered through Web Map Service (WMS) and WMS with time support (WMS-Time).
Supported projections: Lat-long projection (EPSG:4326) and Web Mercator projection (EPSG:3857 or 900913).

To use the service request free MAP_KEY

Data for WMS is updated once every 15 mins.

Map Key
WMS
WMS-Time
Tutorials & Examples

Users that require large transaction rate (+1000s/minute) should consider:

NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) WMS, WMTS or Mapbox Vector Tiles (MVT)
downloading FIRMS data from /active_fire and creating map service on their site

Map Key

To use FIRMS web services, request free MAP_KEY

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WMS

VIIRS Layers

S-NPP, NOAA-20 and NOAA-21	Suomi-NPP	NOAA-20	NOAA-21
fires_viirs_24 fires_viirs_48 fires_viirs_72 fires_viirs_7	fires_viirs_snpp_24 fires_viirs_snpp_48 fires_viirs_snpp_72 fires_viirs_snpp_7	fires_viirs_noaa20_24 fires_viirs_noaa20_48 fires_viirs_noaa20_72 fires_viirs_noaa20_7	fires_viirs_noaa21_24 fires_viirs_noaa21_48 fires_viirs_noaa21_72 fires_viirs_noaa21_7

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MODIS Layers

MODIS Aqua & Terra	MODIS-Aqua	MODIS-Terra
fires_modis_24 fires_modis_48 fires_modis_72 fires_modis_7	fires_aqua_24 fires_aqua_48 fires_aqua_72 fires_aqua_7	fires_terra_24 fires_terra_48 fires_terra_72 fires_terra_7

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LANDSAT Layers

Landsat 8 & 9 OLI
fires_landsat_24 fires_landsat_48 fires_landsat_72 fires_landsat_7

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Time Since Detection 0..7 days - 4 colors

S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21	Suomi-NPP	NOAA-20	NOAA-21
tsd_4_viirs_00_06 tsd_4_viirs_06_12 tsd_4_viirs_12_24 tsd_4_viirs_24_00 tsd_4_viirs_all	tsd_4_viirs_snpp_00_06 tsd_4_viirs_snpp_06_12 tsd_4_viirs_snpp_12_24 tsd_4_viirs_snpp_24_00 tsd_4_viirs_snpp_all	tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_00_06 tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_06_12 tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_12_24 tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_24_00 tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_all	tsd_4_viirs_noaa21_00_06 tsd_4_viirs_noaa21_06_12 tsd_4_viirs_noaa21_12_24 tsd_4_viirs_noaa21_24_00 tsd_4_viirs_noaa21_all
MODIS	LANDSAT
tsd_4_modis_00_06 tsd_4_modis_06_12 tsd_4_modis_12_24 tsd_4_modis_24_00 tsd_4_modis_all	tsd_4_landsat_00_06 tsd_4_landsat_06_12 tsd_4_landsat_12_24 tsd_4_landsat_24_00 tsd_4_landsat_all

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LEGEND

0 to < 6 hours

6 to < 12 hours

12 to < 24 hours

24+ hours
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Time Since Detection 0..7 days - 9 colors

Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20	Suomi-NPP	NOAA-20	NOAA-21
tsd_9_viirs_00_12 tsd_9_viirs_12_24 tsd_9_viirs_24_36 tsd_9_viirs_36_48 tsd_9_viirs_48_60 tsd_9_viirs_60_72 tsd_9_viirs_72_84 tsd_9_viirs_84_96 tsd_9_viirs_96_00 tsd_9_viirs_all	tsd_9_viirs_snpp_00_12 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_12_24 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_24_36 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_36_48 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_48_60 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_60_72 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_72_84 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_84_96 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_96_00 tsd_9_viirs_snpp_all	tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_00_12 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_12_24 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_24_36 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_36_48 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_48_60 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_60_72 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_72_84 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_84_96 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_96_00 tsd_9_viirs_noaa20_all	tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_00_12 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_12_24 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_24_36 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_36_48 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_48_60 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_60_72 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_72_84 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_84_96 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_96_00 tsd_9_viirs_noaa21_all
MODIS	LANDSAT
tsd_9_modis_00_12 tsd_9_modis_12_24 tsd_9_modis_24_36 tsd_9_modis_36_48 tsd_9_modis_48_60 tsd_9_modis_60_72 tsd_9_modis_72_84 tsd_9_modis_84_96 tsd_9_modis_96_00 tsd_9_modis_all	tsd_9_landsat_00_12 tsd_9_landsat_12_24 tsd_9_landsat_24_36 tsd_9_landsat_36_48 tsd_9_landsat_48_60 tsd_9_landsat_60_72 tsd_9_landsat_72_84 tsd_9_landsat_84_96 tsd_9_landsat_96_00 tsd_9_landsat_all

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LEGEND

0 to < 12 hours

12 to < 24 hours

24 to < 36 hours

36 to < 48 hours

48 to < 60 hours

60 to < 72 hours

72 to < 84 hours

84 to < 96 hours

96+ hours

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Cumulative Year to Date (from 2024-01-01 to TODAY)

Suomi-NPP	NOAA-20	NOAA-21
cy_viirs_snpp_alaska cy_viirs_snpp_canada cy_viirs_snpp_usa_contiguous_and_hawaii	cy_viirs_noaa20_alaska cy_viirs_noaa20_canada cy_viirs_noaa20_usa_contiguous_and_hawaii	cy_viirs_noaa21_alaska cy_viirs_noaa21_canada cy_viirs_noaa21_usa_contiguous_and_hawaii
MODIS
cy_modis_alaska cy_modis_canada cy_modis_usa_contiguous_and_hawaii

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LEGEND

0 to < 6 hours

6 to < 12 hours

12 to < 24 hours

24+ hours
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MODIS Burned Area

MODIS
January 2020 April 2020 July 2020 October 2020	February 2020 May 2020 August 2020 November 2020	March 2020 June 2020 September 2020 December 2020

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LEGEND

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

WMS-Time

WMS-Time allows you to access FIRMS Active Fire Hotspots for a date range up to 31 days. With WMS-Time, you can specifiy a "TIME" parameter to obtain fire hotspots for multiple dates (e.g. 2020-01-01/2020-01-10) or a specific date-time range (2020-01-01 00:45/2020-01-01 10:30).

"TIME" parameter supports the following formats:
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
YYYY-MM-DD
* seconds are not used and will be ignored. Kept for compatibility

For a single day: "TIME=2020-01-01" or "TIME=2020-01-01/2020-01-01"
For 2 days (48 hrs): "TIME=2020-01-01/2020-01-02"

Please note: WMS-Time currently supports only up to 31 days per request. Also, if there is no data for the specified date, a blank image will be returned.

MODIS	VIIRS
fires_modis fires_terra fires_aqua	fires_viirs fires_viirs_snpp fires_viirs_noaa20

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Tutorials & Examples

Ingest FIRMS WMS into ArcGIS and Customize the Symbology

Ingest FIRMS WMS into QGIS and Customize the Symbology

WMS Examples

Lat/Long (EPSG:4326)	Mercator (EPSG:3857)
MODIS 1km	MODIS 1km
VIIRS 375m	VIIRS 375m
MODIS & VIIRS - custom	MODIS & VIIRS - custom

WMS Examples - Version 1.3.0

Lat/Long (EPSG:4326)	Mercator (EPSG:3857)
MODIS 1km	MODIS 1km
VIIRS 375m	VIIRS 375m
MODIS & VIIRS - custom	MODIS & VIIRS - custom

WMS-Time Examples

Lat/Long (EPSG:4326)	Mercator (EPSG:3857)
MODIS 1km [2020-01-01 .. 2020-01-10]	MODIS 1km
VIIRS 375m [2020-01-01 21:30 .. 2020-01-02 03:25]	VIIRS 375m
MODIS & VIIRS - custom	MODIS & VIIRS - custom

Customization:

COLORS=R+G+B or COLORS=R G B - where R,G,B=[0..255]; ex: COLORS=220+120+120 or COLORS=220 120 120
SIZE=N - where N = [1..1000]; ex: SIZE=5
SYMBOLS=circle,square,... - see Supported symbols below

Supported Symbols:

circle, circle-uf, cross, square, square-uf, triangle, triangle-uf, utriangle, utriangle-uf
* uf - unfilled center

Examples:

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/mapserver/wms/fires/YourMapKey/[layer1,...]/[symbol1,...]/[size1,...]/[color1,...]/?REQUEST=GetMap...
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/mapserver/wms/fires/YourMapKey/ fires_modis_24,fires_viirs_noaa20_24/triangle,triangle/4,2/240+40+40,250+200+50/?REQUEST=GetMap&WIDTH=1024&HEIGHT=512&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/mapserver/wms/fires/YourMapKey/?REQUEST=GetMap...&layers=[layer1,...]&symbols=[symbol1,...]&size=[size1,...]&colors=[color1,...]
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/mapserver/wms/fires/YourMapKey/?REQUEST=GetMap&layers=fires_modis_24,fires_viirs_noaa20_24&WIDTH=1024&HEIGHT=512&BBOX=-180,-90,180,90 &symbols=triangle,triangle&colors=240+40+40,250+200+50&size=5,2&version=1.1.1

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/mapserver/wms/time_since_detection_4/YourMapKey /tsd_4_viirs_noaa20_all/circle,square,circle,circle/4,3,2,1/255+100+100,200+70+70,150+50+50,100+20+20/ ?REQUEST=GetMap&WIDTH=512&HEIGHT=512&BBOX=-140,0,-50,90&version=1.1.1

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FIRMS WMS Map Key

FIRMS WMS Map Key