Fire Detection and Monitoring (AFIS - CSIR)

Data provided by:South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South African Weather Service, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies / University of Wisconsin-Madison (CIMSS-WISC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Data accessibility:visualization of data (e.g. web GIS or real time monitoring), web processing/cloud computing
Link to the data:
Requirements:Free Registration Required for Data Downloading
File type:webmap
Data type:hazard specific data
Hazard:Forest Fire
Disaster cycle phase:Disaster Risk Management, Response, Recovery
Space-based Information:MODIS,MSG, VIIRS,GOES
Spatial coverage:Global
Spatial resolution:250.00
Temporal coverage:Archive, Near-real time
Content dates:June 2007
Technical Specifications:
Costs:free
Contact:Contact Form
Tutorials on the use of data:Help, How to read the SMS fire alerts
Restrictions/ Citation of the dataset:

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