The Web Fire Mapper system displays active UMD). Users can easily view customized maps of active fires for the world or for selected regions... best of all, this site also serves up loads of International data via free download.

In addition to viewing maps of global distribution of fire detections produced by the MODIS Rapid Response System, users are encouraged to dig deeper on this site and explore the "gis data" section where some 40+ data themes are available as freely downloadable products in ArcView (SHP) format. Data layers available (see All data link) include:

• active fire data
• cities
• railroads
• protected areas
• watersheds
• Russian federation admin areas
• Global protected areas

http://maps.geog.umd.edu/default.asp

See also http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/