Type of site | Web mapping |
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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]
bellingcat
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).