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Australia and New Zealand - MODIS Active Fire Detections

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Near-real-time active fire and thermal anomaly detections from NASA's [Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/) covering **Australia and New Zealand**, derived from the **MODIS** sensor family (Terra since 2000, Aqua since 2002). Each resource is an external link directly to a NASA-hosted file. The files are continuously updated as new satellite overpasses are processed (typically within 3 hours of acquisition). **Formats:** SHP, KML, CSV **Time windows:** Last 24h, 48h, 7d Files (slice {"file": url}): - MODIS C6.1 (Terra/Aqua) - 24h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/modis-c6.1/csv/MODIS_C6_1_Australia_NewZealand_24h.csv - MODIS C6.1 (Terra/Aqua) - 48h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/modis-c6.1/csv/MODIS_C6_1_Australia_NewZealand_48h.csv - MODIS C6.1 (Terra/Aqua) - 7d (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/modis-c6.1/csv/MODIS_C6_1_Australia_NewZealand_7d.csv

Cite as: NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System. Australia and New Zealand - MODIS Active Fire Detections. https://data.humdata.org/dataset/nasa-firms-active-fire-australia-and-new-zealand-modis

Publisher
Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA)
Tier
Official
Covers
2000–now
Places
Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Updated
daily
Last modified
2026-10-30
Units
not stated
License
Public Domain / No restrictions (CC0)
Method
https://data.humdata.org/dataset/nasa-firms-active-fire-australia-and-new-zealand-modis

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