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Australia and New Zealand - VIIRS 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 **VIIRS** sensor family (Suomi-NPP since 2011, NOAA-20 since 2017, NOAA-21 since 2022). 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}): - VIIRS S-NPP C2 (Suomi-NPP) - 24h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_24h.csv - VIIRS S-NPP C2 (Suomi-NPP) - 48h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_48h.csv - VIIRS S-NPP C2 (Suomi-NPP) - 7d (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/suomi-npp-viirs-c2/csv/SUOMI_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_7d.csv - VIIRS NOAA-20 C2 - 24h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-20-viirs-c2/csv/J1_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_24h.csv - VIIRS NOAA-20 C2 - 48h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-20-viirs-c2/csv/J1_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_48h.csv - VIIRS NOAA-20 C2 - 7d (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-20-viirs-c2/csv/J1_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_7d.csv - VIIRS NOAA-21 C2 - 24h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-21-viirs-c2/csv/J2_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_24h.csv - VIIRS NOAA-21 C2 - 48h (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-21-viirs-c2/csv/J2_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_48h.csv - VIIRS NOAA-21 C2 - 7d (CSV) (csv): https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/active_fire/noaa-21-viirs-c2/csv/J2_VIIRS_C2_Australia_NewZealand_7d.csv

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

Publisher
Humanitarian Data Exchange (OCHA)
Tier
Official
Covers
2012–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-viirs

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