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Download Active Fire Data

Data for the last 24, 48 hours and 7 days can be downloaded in shapefile, KML, WMS or text file formats.

Use the Archive Download Tool to download older MODIS fire data.

SHP

Shape files of active fire data for the last 24 and 48 hours, and 7 days. For more information, please see the SHP README (PDF).

shape map

World24h | 48h | 7d
Alaska24h | 48h | 7d
Australia and New Zealand24h | 48h | 7d
Canada24h | 48h | 7d
Central America24h | 48h | 7d
Europe24h | 48h | 7d
Northern and Central Africa24h | 48h | 7d
Russia and Asia24h | 48h | 7d
South America24h | 48h | 7d
South Asia24h | 48h | 7d
South East Asia24h | 48h | 7d
Southern Africa24h | 48h | 7d
U.S.A. (Conterminous) and Hawaii24h | 48h | 7d

KML

KML image Keyhole Markup Language of active fire data for the last 24 hours and 48 hours. An auto-updating KML is also available for visualization of the active fire/hotspot detections for most parts of the world for the last 24 hours. The KML automatically refreshes every 2 hours and downloads the latest available MODIS active fire/hotspot detections. For more information, please see the KML README (PDF).

If you have Google Earth installed, you can open the KML directly or you can save it to your local disk for later viewing.

World24h | 48h | 48h animation
Alaska24h | 48h | 48h animation
Australia and New Zealand24h | 48h | 48h animation
Canada24h | 48h | 48h animation
Central America24h | 48h | 48h animation
Europe24h | 48h | 48h animation
Northern and Central Africa24h | 48h | 48h animation
Russia and Asia24h | 48h | 48h animation
South America24h | 48h | 48h animation
South Asia24h | 48h | 48h animation
South East Asia24h | 48h | 48h animation
Southern Africa24h | 48h | 48h animation
U.S.A. (Conterminous) and Hawaii24h | 48h | 48h animation

WMS

WMS image The FIRMS WMS (version 1.1.1) offers Open GIS Consortium standard Web Map Service interface, to enable users to access the FIRMS active fire data using a local (desktop) or web GIS client. For more information, please see the WMS README (PDF).

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World
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Alaska
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Australia and New Zealand
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Canada
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Central America
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Europe
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Northern and Central Africa
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Russia and Asia
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South America
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South Asia
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South East Asia
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48 Hours Get Map | Show URL

Southern Africa
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U.S.A. (Conterminous) and Hawaii
24 Hours Get Map | Show URL
48 Hours Get Map | Show URL

TXT

Text files, in CSV format, of the active fire data for the last 24 and 48 hours, and 7 days are available below. Daily text files for the last two months are available via FTP. To keep file sizes to a minimum, the data are provided by region. For more information, please see the TXT README (PDF).

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TXT map

World24h | 48h | 7d
Alaska24h | 48h | 7d
Australia and New Zealand24h | 48h | 7d
Canada24h | 48h | 7d
Central America24h | 48h | 7d
Europe24h | 48h | 7d
Northern and Central Africa24h | 48h | 7d
Russia and Asia24h | 48h | 7d
South America24h | 48h | 7d
South Asia24h | 48h | 7d
South East Asia24h | 48h | 7d
Southern Africa24h | 48h | 7d
U.S.A. (Conterminous) and Hawaii24h | 48h | 7d

Archive Download Tool

Global Fire Maps

fireGlobal 10-day fire maps generated using the MODIS fire locations to represent the current fire activity around the world.



monthlyMonthly Composite Animations of MODIS hotspot/fire detections from the Terra and Aqua satellites:
From Terra and Aqua: 2011, 2010
From Terra: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, April 2002-March 2003