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 :