Web Mapping & Collaboration

The site provides access to a number of web mapping systems including:

Web Fire Mapper - The Web Fire Mapper at the University of Maryland provides access to current and archived fire locations detected by the MODIS Rapid Response System through an interactive ArcIMS interface with an extensive database of region-specific layers and ancillary information.

Active Fire Maps - The USFS's Remote Sensing Applications Center generates regional maps for the US fire managers using the active fire locations provided by the MODIS Rapid Response System, and also makes them available through an interactive ArcIMS interface over the conterminous United States, Alaska, and Canada.

Global Fire Maps - Global 10-day fire maps are generated using the MODIS Rapid Response fire locations to represent the current fire activity across the world.

In search of other wild fire mapping resources. The following are some great leads on Active Fire Mapping Resources and GIS products. Once source of information for those down south is the the Florida Data Sharing Network (http://gis-data.blogspot.com). They recently listed several GIS fire data download sites, plus some other fire related resources users may find useful.

For some of these sites users may have to contact an agent in order to see if they have a full GIS database available for consumption

MODIS Active Fire Mapping Program http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireptdata.php

Last 7 Days

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireptdata/modisfire_2007_last7.htm
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireptdata/modis_fire_last7_2007_135_shapefile.zip

For 2007

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireptdata/modisfire_2007.htm

http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireptdata/modis_fire_2007_135_shapefile.zip

USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center
Telephone: (801) 975-3750

The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) http://maps.geog.umd.edu/firms/

Last 48 Hours
http://mapsftp.geog.umd.edu/activefires/48nam.zip

Last 7 days
http://mapsftp.geog.umd.edu/activefires/7dnam.zip

NOAA - Fire Products

http://www.firedetect.noaa.gov/viewer.htm 

ftp://gp16.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/  (see "FIRE" folder)

Other Resources of Interest

National Fire Information Center (NFIC) Fire Daily Updates (text
descriptions) http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html

Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC) - Southern Area Coordination Center http://gacc.nifc.gov/

Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC)  - Morning Report (text
descriptions) http://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/intelligence.htm

Florida Division of Forestry
http://www.fl-dof.com/

GeoMAC Aulti-Agency coordination resource - http://geomac.usgs.gov/

California Fire Alliance  - Mapping Tools - http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/fireplanning/

MODIS Rapid Response System - http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

MODIS Land Team Page - http://modis-land.gsfc.nasa.gov/

MODIS Rapid Response System Global Fire Maps