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NASA FIRMS active fire data

Global MODIS observations since November 2000 for Terra and July 2002 for Aqua; VIIRS 375 m begins January 2012 for Suomi NPP, January 2020 for NOAA-20 and January 2024 for NOAA-21. Recent 24-hour, 48-hour and 7-day files update every 60 minutes; satellite revisit and latency vary.

Open earthdata.nasa.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
90
Access
No key · none for the 24h/48h/7d files; free MAP_KEY for the API
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-10-30
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
none for the 24h/48h/7d files; free MAP_KEY for the API
Free tier
Recent 24-hour, 48-hour and 7-day files are keyless in the checked path. API and map services use a free MAP_KEY. Some download folders require Earthdata Login.
Rate limits
MAP_KEY: 5,000 transactions per 10-minute interval; larger requests can count as multiple transactions. Keyless file rate limit: Not stated.
Licence
Customterms
Licence note
FIRMS: "NASA promotes full and open sharing of data" and encourages publication of FIRMS imagery. Image captions should cite "NASA FIRMS"; scientific-journal acknowledgments should name NASA LANCE FIRMS and ESDIS.
Attribution
For image captions, cite "NASA FIRMS" and consider a direct FIRMS link. For journals: "We acknowledge the use of imagery from the NASA LANCE FIRMS ( https://earthdata.nasa.gov/firms ), part of the NASA Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS)."

// Evidence · verified 2026-10-30

  1. 01www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/firms
  2. 02www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/firms/faq
  3. 03firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/
  4. 04firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/map_key/
  5. 05firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_24h.csv

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// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "type": "Dataset",
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  "rateLimits": "MAP_KEY: 5,000 transactions per 10-minute interval; larger requests can count as multiple transactions. Keyless file rate limit: Not stated.",
  "license": "Custom",
  "licenseUrl": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/firms/faq",
  "lastVerified": "2026-10-30",
  "evidenceUrls": [
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    "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/tools/firms/faq",
    "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/",
    "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/map_key/",
    "https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Global_24h.csv"
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