# NASA FIRMS (fires)

Hotspots reported by satellites within three hours of an overpass. In the Netherlands mostly heath and dune fires and industry.

- Publisher: NASA
- Area: World · Finest detail: 375 metres
- Period: 2000 – heden · Refreshed: hourly
- Access: Free key · Licence: Vrij gebruik (NASA)
- Join keys: coördinaten, tijdstip
- Status: grijs
- URL: https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

## What can you do with it?
- **Wildfires in the Netherlands.** Filter for the Netherlands and find the heath and dune fires of a dry spring.

## Interesting combinations
- Fires after dry weeks → [knmi-daggegevens](http://localhost:3471/en/bron/knmi-daggegevens.md) via datum. Count the days without rain before each fire.

## Similar sources
- [nasa-gibs](http://localhost:3471/en/bron/nasa-gibs.md): Images instead of points.