NASA FIRMS

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Remote Sensing & Mapping

Working definition

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, which distributes near-real-time active-fire and thermal-anomaly data from satellite sensors.

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In plain language

NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System, which distributes near-real-time active-fire and thermal-anomaly data from satellite sensors.

Why it matters

NASA FIRMS is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.