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
Washington Post on October 15 th 2015 MODIS Image from Aqua satellite acquired 24 th September 2015
Fire Alert Messaging 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 AQIAir Pollution Level 0-50Good Moderate Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups Unhealthy 300+Hazardous Source: AQINC.org
Fires Sumatra, Indonesia MODIS Image from Aqua satellite acquired 23 rd September GHw For more information on FIRMS: earthdata.nasa.gov/firms For more information on Global Forest Watch :