Active wildfire / thermal-anomaly detections (NASA FIRMS)

Near-real-time satellite fire/thermal-anomaly detections (VIIRS/MODIS/LANDSAT) from NASA FIRMS inside a REQUIRED bounding box (FIRMS is a live area query; a global pull is tens of thousands of points). Each detection carries brightness temperature, Fire Radiative Power, confidence and day/night, with a Sugra-computed severity from FRP + confidence. Cached 5 min. Sugra retransmits; a detection is a thermal signal, not a confirmed fire.

min_latnumber required

Bounding-box south edge (required).

max_latnumber required

Bounding-box north edge (required).

min_lonnumber required

Bounding-box west edge (required).

max_lonnumber required

Bounding-box east edge (required).

daysinteger

Lookback window in days (FIRMS limit 1-5).

satellitestring

Sensor: VIIRS_NOAA20_NRT / VIIRS_NOAA21_NRT / VIIRS_SNPP_NRT / MODIS_NRT / LANDSAT_NRT.

limitinteger

Maximum detections returned (highest FRP first).

Response

Successful Response

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "query": {
      "days": 1,
      "satellite": "VIIRS_NOAA20_NRT",
      "limit": 500
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "schema_version": "hazard-event/2",
        "event_id": "firms-VIIRS-N20-2026-07-04-0001-57.55019-159.04167",
        "event_type": "wildfire",
        "geometry": {
          "lat": 34.1,
          "lon": -118.2,
          "depth_km": 8
        },
        "metrics": {
          "satellite": "N20",
          "instrument": "VIIRS",
          "brightness_k": 342.83,
          "brightness_ti5_k": 282.52,
          "frp_mw": 10.48,
          "confidence": "n",
          "daynight": "D",
          "version": "2.0NRT",
          "acq_date": "2026-07-04",
          "acq_time": 1
        },
        "severity": {
          "severity": "Moderate",
          "certainty": "Observed",
          "urgency": "Past",
          "derivation": "sugra-computed"
        },
        "source": {
          "institution": "USGS",
          "tier": "S"
        }
      }
    ],
    "attribution": {
      "sources": [
        {
          "registry_key": "usgs/earthquake",
          "source_name": "USGS Earthquake",
          "licence": "public-domain",
          "citation": "U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program",
          "disclaimer": "Magnitudes are preliminary and subject to revision."
        }
      ],
      "effective_reexport": "allowed"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
    "data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
    "response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
    "provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
    "source": "sugra_crypto",
    "attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
    "fallback_chain": [
      "sugra_crypto",
      "sugra_finance"
    ]
  }
}

v5

Active wildfire / thermal-anomaly detections (NASA FIRMS)

Query parameters

Response

Example response