# NASA FIRMS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/nasa-firms/  
**Website:** https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) REST API providing near-real-time satellite fire detections globally from MODIS (Terra/Aqua), VIIRS (S-NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21), and LANDSAT instruments. Data is available within 3 hours of satellite observation worldwide, with Ultra Real-Time detections available within 60 seconds for the US and Canada. Supports area-based bounding box queries, KML fire footprints by region, data availability checks, and missing data identification. Free MAP_KEY registration required.

## Kin Score — 49.7 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 49.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 64.7 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 26.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 35.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 38.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 41.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (4)

- **NASA FIRMS Area Fire Detections API** — Active fire hotspot detections within a bounding box area
- **NASA FIRMS Data Availability API** — Check which dates have Standard Processing or Near Real-Time data
- **NASA FIRMS KML Fire Footprints API** — KMZ files containing color-coded fire footprint polygons by region
- **NASA FIRMS Missing Data API** — Identify dates with absent satellite fire detection data

## Agentic access (1)

- **Nasa Firms Agentic Access** — 6 operations

## Security (1)

- **Nasa Firms Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Nasa Firms Plans Pricing**

## Tags

NASA, Fire Detection, Satellite, MODIS, VIIRS, Remote Sensing, Open Data, Environmental, Geospatial, Science

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/nasa-firms/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.