NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)Near-real-time active fire and thermal anomaly detections from NASA's [Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)](https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/active_fire/) covering **Southern Africa**, derived from the **MODIS** sensor family (Terra since 2000, Aqua since 2002). Each resource is an external link directly to a NASA-hosted file. The files are continuously updated as new satellite overpasses are processed (typically within 3 hours of acquisition). **Formats:** SHP, KML, CSV **Time windows:** Last 24h, 48h, 7dnasa-firms-active-fire-southern-africa-modisHumanitarian Data ExchangePublicSouthern Africa - MODIS Active Fire DetectionsDatasetsAngolaBotswanaComorosEswatiniLesothoMadagascarMalawiMauritiusMozambiqueNamibiaSeychellesSouth AfricaUnited Republic of TanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe2000-11-01 to *