aid: nasa-firms name: NASA FIRMS description: > NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) REST API providing near-real-time satellite fire detections globally from MODIS (Terra/Aqua), VIIRS (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21), and LANDSAT instruments. Data is available within 3 hours of satellite observation worldwide, with Ultra Real-Time detections available within 60 seconds for the US and Canada. Supports area-based bounding box queries, KML fire footprints by region, data availability checks, and missing data identification. Free MAP_KEY registration required. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-firms/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-06-13' modified: '2026-06-13' specificationVersion: '0.19' type: Index tags: - NASA - Fire Detection - Satellite - MODIS - VIIRS - Remote Sensing - Open Data - Environmental - Geospatial - Science apis: - aid: nasa-firms:area-fire-detections name: FIRMS Area Fire Detections API description: > Returns active fire detection hotspots for a defined bounding box area, satellite source, and day range in CSV format. Supports all available sensors including MODIS NRT/SP, VIIRS NOAA-20/NOAA-21/S-NPP NRT/SP, and LANDSAT NRT (US/Canada only). Day range is 1 to 5 days. An optional specific start date can be supplied; without it the query returns data ending at the most recent available. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/ baseURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov tags: - Fire Detection - MODIS - VIIRS - LANDSAT - CSV - Bounding Box properties: - type: Documentation url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/nasa-firms-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/fire-detection.json - type: Example url: examples/area-fire-detections-request.json - type: Example url: examples/area-fire-detections-response.csv contact: - FN: NASA FIRMS Support url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/ - aid: nasa-firms:kml-fire-footprints name: FIRMS KML Fire Footprints API description: > Returns KMZ files containing color-coded fire footprint polygons for predefined global regions and time spans (24, 48, 72 hours or 7 days). Sensor options include MODIS c6.1, LANDSAT 30m, and VIIRS 375m products from S-NPP, NOAA-20, and NOAA-21. Footprints are color-coded by detection age: 0-6h, 6-12h, 12-24h, and 24h+. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/kml_fire_footprints/ baseURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov tags: - KML - KMZ - Fire Footprints - Geospatial - Regional properties: - type: Documentation url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/kml_fire_footprints/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/nasa-firms-openapi.yml - type: Example url: examples/kml-fire-footprints-request.json contact: - FN: NASA FIRMS Support url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/ - aid: nasa-firms:data-availability name: FIRMS Data Availability API description: > Returns CSV data indicating which dates have Standard Processing (SP) and Near Real-Time (NRT) data available for a specified sensor. Supports individual sensor queries or ALL to retrieve availability for every sensor in a single call. Useful for determining the temporal coverage before submitting fire detection queries. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/data_availability/ baseURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov tags: - Data Availability - Sensor Coverage - CSV properties: - type: Documentation url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/data_availability/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/nasa-firms-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/data-availability.json - type: Example url: examples/data-availability-request.json contact: - FN: NASA FIRMS Support url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/ - aid: nasa-firms:missing-data name: FIRMS Missing Data API description: > Identifies dates for which satellite fire detection data is absent from the database, organized by satellite and data type. Each response line represents one day of missing data for a particular sensor. Near Real-Time entries only appear for dates beyond the final standard processing date for each satellite. image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/missing_data/ baseURL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov tags: - Missing Data - Data Quality - Satellite Coverage properties: - type: Documentation url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/missing_data/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/nasa-firms-openapi.yml contact: - FN: NASA FIRMS Support url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/ common: - type: Website url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/ - type: Documentation url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/area/ - type: Authentication url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/ - type: GitHubOrg url: https://github.com/nasa - type: TermsOfService url: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-and-software/data-and-information-policy - type: Pricing url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/api/ - type: Blog url: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/ - type: Contact url: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/contact/ - type: Plans url: plans/nasa-firms-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/nasa-firms-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/nasa-firms-finops.yml - type: Vocabulary url: vocabulary/nasa-firms-vocabulary.yml - type: JSONLDContext url: json-ld/nasa-firms-context.jsonld maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com