NASA FIRMS API
NASA near-real-time fire and thermal anomaly data.
- slug
- nasa-firms-api
- priority
- 72
- reviewed
- Apr 24, 2026
How this source is shaped
Very useful for environmental, conflict-adjacent and crisis verification contexts. Best used when OSINT expands beyond cyber/domain intelligence.
- Source type
- Geospatial
- Access model
- Free With Account
- Pricing model
- Free MAP KEY Required For API Access
- API available
- Yes
- Requires account
- Yes
- Risk level
- Low
- Sensitivity
- Normal
- Integration phase
- Phase 2
- Integration priority
- 72
Review dimensions
Each dimension is graded on a 0–10 scale. The overall score is a weighted aggregate.
Weighted aggregate across the eight review dimensions.
Where this source fits
What analysts use it for, and — just as important — where it does not belong.
- crisis_monitoring
- environmental_osint
- event_verification
- geo_context
- journalists
- researchers
- environmental_analysts
- humanitarian_analysts
- person_tracking
- non_contextual_alarmism
Editorial take
Our qualitative read on the source — tone, framing and trust posture.
Strong public-interest source. Not the commercial core, but excellent for authority and advanced editorial work.
Integration stance
Build, buy or defer. What shape the product integration would take, and why.
Add as a specialized source in geo/event verification workflows.
Ethics and compliance
What to handle carefully, and what must not ship without sign-off.
Explain confidence, satellite source and timestamp. Do not present thermal detections without context.
Requires MAP_KEY and responsible use of NASA services.
Metadata
Catalog-side technical footer. Values as recorded in the source row.
- source owner
- NASA FIRMS
- report module
- environmental_event_context
- integration candidate
- true