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Spotlight on FIRMS, the Fire Information for Resource Management System
Getting Data in to the hands of Users
Presented by Diane Davies using slides from Global Forest Watch courtesy of Susan Minnemeyer
FIRMS Fire Alerts are now mobile friendly and available as:• NRT• Daily or• Weekly summaries
Available in: • English• French • Spanish
Optional:• map showing hotspots • CSV attachment containing
attributes of fire locations
Over 1,500 alerts are sent daily to users in over 100 countries
http://firecast.conservation.org
Washington Post on October 15th 2015
MODIS Image from Aqua satellite acquired 24th September 2015
Fire Alert Messaging
• Email alerts modeled on NASA NRT fire alerts
• Also SMS messaging • Includes interactive map link
with GFW data layers• Fire alerts received by oil
palm and wood fiber companies
• Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil monitors fire alerts in member concessions
DISTRICTS WITH THE GREATEST NUMBER OF FIRE ALERTS
SEPT 8-15, 2015
fires.globalforestwatch.org
AIR QUALITY INDEX IN INDONESIA, MALAYSIA & SINGAPORE
SEPT 11, 2015
fires.globalforestwatch.org
AQI Air Pollution Level
0-50 Good
51-100 Moderate
101-150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151-200 Unhealthy
300+ Hazardous
Source: AQINC.org
Fires Sumatra, Indonesia
MODIS Image from Aqua satellite acquired 23rd September 2015
http://go.nasa.gov/1ZHOGHw
For more information on FIRMS: earthdata.nasa.gov/firmsFor more information on Global Forest Watch :
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