Incident-based fire statistics, by type of fire incident, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Canadian Armed Forces, 2005 to 2021.

The U.S. Fire Administration collects data from a variety of sources to provide information and analyses on the status and scope of the fire problem in the United States. We use these data to highlight current and emerging trends in fires including what causes fires where they occur and who is impacted the most by fire. We also analyze the circumstances surrounding on-duty firefighter casualties to help identify approaches that can reduce the number of deaths and injuries in future years.

The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group provides authoritative geospatial data products under the interagency Wildland Fire Data Program. Hosted in the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization (The NIFC Org), WFIGS provides both internal and public facing data, accessible in a variety of formats.This service includes perimeters for wildland fire incidents that meet the following criteria:Categorized in the IRWIN (Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information) integration service as a Wildfire (WF) or Prescribed Fire (RX)Has not been declared contained, controlled, nor outHas not had fire report records completed (certified)Is Valid and not "quarantined" in IRWIN due to potential conflicts with other recordsAttribution of the source polygon is set to a Feature Access of Public, a Feature Status of Approved, and an Is Visible setting of YesPerimeters are not available for every incident. For a complete set of features that meet the same IRWIN criteria, see the Current Wildland Fire Locations service."Fall-off" rules are used to ensure that stale records are not retained. Records are removed from this service under the following conditions:If the fire size is less than 10 acres (Size Class A or B) and fire information has not been updated in more than 3 daysFire size is between 10 and 100 acres (Size Class C) and fire information hasn't been updated in more than 8 daysFire size is larger than 100 acres (Size Class D-L) but fire information hasn't been updated in more than 14 days.Fires from previous calendar years are excluded.Fire size used in the fall off rules is from the IRWIN IncidentSize field.Fires that are no longer in the Current Wildland Fire Perimeter service will be displayed in the Wildland Fire Perimeters Year to Date and/or the 'Full History' service. Criteria were determined by an NWCG Geospatial Subcommittee task group. Data are refreshed every 5 minutes. Changes in the perimeter source may take up to 15 minutes to display.Perimeters are pulled from multiple sources with rules in place to ensure the most current or most authoritative shape is used.Fall-off rules are enforced hourly.Attributes and their definitions can be found below. More detail about the NWCG Wildland Fire Event Polygon standard can be found here.Attributes:poly_SourceOIDThe OBJECTID value of the source record in the source dataset providing the polygon.poly_IncidentNameThe incident name as stored in the polygon source record.poly_MapMethodThe mapping method with which the polygon was derived.poly_GISAcresThe acreage of the polygon as stored in the polygon source record.poly_CreateDateSystem generated date for the date time the source polygon record was created (stored in UTC).poly_DateCurrentSystem generated date for the date time the source polygon record was last edited (stored in UTC).poly_PolygonDateTimeRepresents the date time that the polygon data was captured.poly_IRWINIDIRWIN ID stored in the polygon record.poly_FORIDFORID stored in the polygon record.poly_Acres_AutoCalcSystem calculated acreage of the polygon (geodesic WGS84 acres).poly_SourceGlobalIDThe GlobalID value of the source record in the source dataset providing the polygon.poly_SourceThe source dataset providing the polygon.attr_SourceOIDThe OBJECTID value of the source record in the source dataset providing the attribution.attr_ABCDMiscA FireCode used by USDA FS to track and compile cost information for emergency initial attack fire suppression expenditures. for A, B, C & D size class fires on FS lands.attr_ADSPermissionStateIndicates the permission hierarchy that is currently being applied when a system utilizes the UpdateIncident operation.attr_ContainmentDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared contained. attr_ControlDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared under control.attr_CreatedBySystemArcGIS Server Username of system that created the IRWIN Incident record.attr_IncidentSizeReported for a fire. The minimum size is 0.1.attr_DiscoveryAcresAn estimate of acres burning upon the discovery of the fire. More specifically when the fire is first reported by the first person that calls in the fire. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.attr_DispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for a dispatch center responsible for supporting the incident.attr_EstimatedCostToDateThe total estimated cost of the incident to date.attr_FinalAcresReported final acreage of incident.attr_FFReportApprovedByTitleThe title of the person that approved the final fire report for the incident.attr_FFReportApprovedByUnitNWCG Unit ID associated with the individual who approved the final report for the incident.attr_FFReportApprovedDateThe date that the final fire report was approved for the incident.attr_FireBehaviorGeneralA general category describing the manner in which the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography. attr_FireBehaviorGeneral1A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (manner in which the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography). attr_FireBehaviorGeneral2A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (manner in which the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography). attr_FireBehaviorGeneral3A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (manner in which the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography). attr_FireCauseBroad classification of the reason the fire occurred identified as human, natural or unknown. attr_FireCauseGeneralAgency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. For statistical purposes, fire causes are further broken into specific causes. attr_FireCauseSpecificA further categorization of each General Fire Cause to indicate more specifically the agency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. attr_FireCodeA code used within the interagency wildland fire community to track and compile cost information for emergency fire suppression expenditures for the incident. attr_FireDepartmentIDThe U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has created a national database of Fire Departments. Most Fire Departments do not have an NWCG Unit ID and so it is the intent of the IRWIN team to create a new field that includes this data element to assist the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) with data collection.attr_FireDiscoveryDateTimeThe date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist. May also be the start date for reporting purposes.attr_FireMgmtComplexityThe highest management level utilized to manage a wildland fire event. attr_FireOutDateTimeThe date and time when a fire is declared out. attr_FireStrategyConfinePercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Confine" is being implemented.attr_FireStrategyFullSuppPrcntIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Full Suppression" is being implemented.attr_FireStrategyMonitorPercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Monitor" is being implemented.attr_FireStrategyPointZonePrcntIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Point Zone Protection" is being implemented.attr_FSJobCodeA code use to indicate the Forest Service job accounting code for the incident. This is specific to the Forest Service. Usually displayed as 2 char prefix on FireCode.attr_FSOverrideCodeA code used to indicate the Forest Service override code for the incident. This is specific to the Forest Service. Usually displayed as a 4 char suffix on FireCode. For example, if the FS is assisting DOI, an override of 1502 will be used.attr_GACCA code that identifies one of the wildland fire geographic area coordination center at the point of origin for the incident.A geographic area coordination center is a facility that is used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional resources in support of one or more incidents within a geographic coordination area.attr_ICS209ReportDateTimeThe date and time of the latest approved ICS-209 report.attr_ICS209RptForTimePeriodFromThe date and time of the beginning of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission.attr_ICS209RptForTimePeriodToThe date and time of the end of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission. attr_ICS209ReportStatusThe version of the ICS-209 report (initial, update, or final). There should never be more than one initial report, but there can be numerous updates, and even multiple finals (as determined by business rules).attr_IncidentManagementOrgThe incident management organization for the incident, which may be a Type 1, 2, or 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), a Unified Command, a Unified Command with an IMT, National Incident Management Organization (NIMO), etc. This field is null if no team is assigned.attr_IncidentNameThe name assigned to an incident.attr_IncidentShortDescriptionGeneral descriptive location of the incident such as the number of miles from an identifiable town. attr_IncidentTypeCategoryThe Event Category is a sub-group of the Event Kind code and description. The Event Category further breaks down the Event Kind into more specific event categories.attr_IncidentTypeKindA general, high-level code and description of the types of incidents and planned events to which the interagency wildland fire community responds.attr_InitialLatitudeThe latitude location of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.attr_InitialLongitudeThe longitude location of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.attr_InitialResponseAcresAn estimate of

This data set is part of an ongoing project to consolidate interagency fire perimeter data. The record is complete from the present back to 2020. The incorporation of all available historic data is in progress.The InFORM (Interagency Fire Occurrence Reporting Modules) FODR (Fire Occurrence Data Records) are the official record of fire events. Built on top of IRWIN (Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information), the FODR starts with an IRWIN record and then captures the final incident information upon certification of the record by the appropriate local authority. This service contains all wildland fire incidents from the InFORM FODR incident service that meet the following criteria:Categorized as a Wildfire (WF) or Prescribed Fire (RX) recordIs Valid and not "quarantined" due to potential conflicts with other recordsNo "fall-off" rules are applied to this service.Service is a real time display of data.Warning: Please refrain from repeatedly querying the service using a relative date range. This includes using the “(not) in the last” operators in a Web Map filter and any reference to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. This type of query puts undue load on the service and may render it temporarily unavailable.Attributes:ABCDMiscA FireCode used by USDA FS to track and compile cost information for emergency initial attack fire suppression expenditures. for A, B, C & D size class fires on FS lands.ADSPermissionStateIndicates the permission hierarchy that is currently being applied when a system utilizes the UpdateIncident operation.CalculatedAcresA measure of acres calculated (i.e., infrared) from a geospatial perimeter of a fire. More specifically, the number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands. The minimum size must be 0.1.ContainmentDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared contained. ControlDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared under control.CreatedBySystemArcGIS Server Username of system that created the IRWIN Incident record.CreatedOnDateTimeDate/time that the Incident record was created.IncidentSizeReported for a fire. The minimum size is 0.1.DiscoveryAcresAn estimate of acres burning upon the discovery of the fire. More specifically when the fire is first reported by the first person that calls in the fire. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.DispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for a dispatch center responsible for supporting the incident.EstimatedCostToDateThe total estimated cost of the incident to date.FinalAcresReported final acreage of incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByTitleThe title of the person that approved the final fire report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByUnitNWCG Unit ID associated with the individual who approved the final report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedDateThe date that the final fire report was approved for the incident.FireBehaviorGeneralA general category describing the manner in which the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography. FireCodeA code used within the interagency wildland fire community to track and compile cost information for emergency fire suppression expenditures for the incident. FireDepartmentIDThe U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has created a national database of Fire Departments. Most Fire Departments do not have an NWCG Unit ID and so it is the intent of the IRWIN team to create a new field that includes this data element to assist the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) with data collection.FireDiscoveryDateTimeThe date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist. May also be the start date for reporting purposes.FireMgmtComplexityThe highest management level utilized to manage a wildland fire event. FireOutDateTimeThe date and time when a fire is declared out. FSJobCodeA code use to indicate the Forest Service job accounting code for the incident. This is specific to the Forest Service. Usually displayed as 2 char prefix on FireCode.FSOverrideCodeA code used to indicate the Forest Service override code for the incident. This is specific to the Forest Service. Usually displayed as a 4 char suffix on FireCode. For example, if the FS is assisting DOI, an override of 1502 will be used.GACCA code that identifies one of the wildland fire geographic area coordination center at the point of origin for the incident.A geographic area coordination center is a facility that is used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional resources in support of one or more incidents within a geographic coordination area.IncidentNameThe name assigned to an incident.IncidentShortDescriptionGeneral descriptive location of the incident such as the number of miles from an identifiable town. IncidentTypeCategoryThe Event Category is a sub-group of the Event Kind code and description. The Event Category further breaks down the Event Kind into more specific event categories.IncidentTypeKindA general, high-level code and description of the types of incidents and planned events to which the interagency wildland fire community responds.InitialLatitudeThe latitude location of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialLongitudeThe longitude location of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialResponseDateTimeThe date/time of the initial response to the incident. More specifically when the IC arrives and performs initial size up. IsFireCauseInvestigatedIndicates if an investigation is underway or was completed to determine the cause of a fire.IsFSAssistedIndicates if the Forest Service provided assistance on an incident outside their jurisdiction.IsReimbursableIndicates the cost of an incident may be another agency’s responsibility.IsTrespassIndicates if the incident is a trespass claim or if a bill will be pursued.LocalIncidentIdentifierA number or code that uniquely identifies an incident for a particular local fire management organization within a particular calendar year.ModifiedBySystemArcGIS Server username of system that last modified the IRWIN Incident record.ModifiedOnDateTimeDate/time that the Incident record was last modified.PercentContainedIndicates the percent of incident area that is no longer active. Reference definition in fire line handbook when developing standard.POOCityThe closest city to the incident point of origin.POOCountyThe County Name identifying the county or equivalent entity at point of origin designated at the time of collection.POODispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for the dispatch center that intersects with the incident point of origin. POOFipsThe code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents. The first two digits are the FIPS State code and the last three are the county code within the state.POOJurisdictionalAgencyThe agency having land and resource management responsibility for a incident as provided by federal, state or local law. POOJurisdictionalUnitNWCG Unit Identifier to identify the unit with jurisdiction for the land where the point of origin of a fire falls. POOJurisdictionalUnitParentUnitThe unit ID for the parent entity, such as a BLM State Office or USFS Regional Office, that resides over the Jurisdictional Unit.POOLandownerCategoryMore specific classification of land ownership within land owner kinds identifying the deeded owner at the point of origin at the time of the incident.POOLandownerKindBroad classification of land ownership identifying the deeded owner at the point of origin at the time of the incident.POOProtectingAgencyIndicates the agency that has protection responsibility at the point of origin.POOProtectingUnitNWCG Unit responsible for providing direct incident management and services to a an incident pursuant to its jurisdictional responsibility or as specified by law, contract or agreement. Definition Extension: - Protection can be re-assigned by agreement. - The nature and extent of the incident determines protection (for example Wildfire vs. All Hazard.)POOStateThe State alpha code identifying the state or equivalent entity at point of origin.PredominantFuelGroupThe fuel majority fuel model type that best represents fire behavior in the incident area, grouped into one of seven categories.PredominantFuelModelDescribes the type of fuels found within the majority of the incident area. UniqueFireIdentifierUnique identifier assigned to each wildland fire. yyyy = calendar year, SSUUUU = POO protecting unit identifier (5 or 6 characters), xxxxxx = local incident identifier (6 to 10 characters) FORIDUnique identifier assigned to each incident record in the FODR database.

The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group provides authoritative geospatial data products under the interagency Wildland Fire Data Program. Hosted in the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization (The NIFC Org), WFIGS provides both internal and public facing data, accessible in a variety of formats.This service contains all wildland fire incidents from the IRWIN (Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information) incident service that meet the following criteria:Categorized as a Wildfire (WF), Prescribed Fire (RX), or Incident Complex (CX) recordIs Valid and not "quarantined" in IRWIN due to potential conflicts with other recordsNo "fall-off" rules are applied to this service.The date range for this service will extend from present day back to 2014, when IRWIN was implemented.Criteria were determined by an NWCG Geospatial Subcommittee task group. Data are refreshed from IRWIN source every 5 minutes.Warning: Please refrain from repeatedly querying the service using a relative date range. This includes using the “(not) in the last” operators in a Web Map filter and any reference to CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. This type of query puts undue load on the service and may render it temporarily unavailable.Attributes:SourceOIDThe OBJECTID value of the source record in the source dataset providing the attribution.ABCDMiscA FireCode used by USDA FS to track and compile cost information for emergency IA fire suppression on A, B, C & D size class fires on FS lands.ADSPermissionStateIndicates the permission hierarchy that is currently being applied when a system utilizes the UpdateIncident operation.ContainmentDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared contained.ControlDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared under control.CreatedBySystemArcGIS Server Username of system that created the IRWIN Incident record.IncidentSizeReported for a fire. The minimum size is 0.1.DiscoveryAcresAn estimate of acres burning when the fire is first reported by the first person to call in the fire. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.DispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for a dispatch center responsible for supporting the incident.EstimatedCostToDateThe total estimated cost of the incident to date.FinalAcresReported final acreage of incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByTitleThe title of the person that approved the final fire report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByUnitNWCG Unit ID associated with the individual who approved the final report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedDateThe date that the final fire report was approved for the incident.FireBehaviorGeneralA general category describing how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography.FireBehaviorGeneral1A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography).FireBehaviorGeneral2A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography). FireBehaviorGeneral3A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography).FireCauseBroad classification of the reason the fire occurred identified as human, natural or unknown. FireCauseGeneralAgency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. For statistical purposes, fire causes are further broken into specific causes. FireCauseSpecificA further categorization of each General Fire Cause to indicate more specifically the agency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. FireCodeA code used within the interagency wildland fire community to track and compile cost information for emergency fire suppression expenditures for the incident. FireDepartmentIDThe U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has created a national database of Fire Departments. Most Fire Departments do not have an NWCG Unit ID and so it is the intent of the IRWIN team to create a new field that includes this data element to assist the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) with data collection.FireDiscoveryDateTimeThe date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist. May also be the start date for reporting purposes.FireMgmtComplexityThe highest management level utilized to manage a wildland fire event. FireOutDateTimeThe date and time when a fire is declared out. FireStrategyConfinePercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Confine" is being implemented.FireStrategyFullSuppPercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Full Suppression" is being implemented.FireStrategyMonitorPercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Monitor" is being implemented.FireStrategyPointZonePercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Point Zone Protection" is being implemented.FSJobCodeSpecific to the Forest Service, code use to indicate the FS job accounting code for the incident. Usually displayed as 2 char prefix on FireCode.FSOverrideCodeSpecific to the Forest Service, code used to indicate the FS override code for the incident. Usually displayed as a 4 char suffix on FireCode. For example, if the FS is assisting DOI, an override of 1502 will be used.GACC"A code that identifies the wildland fire geographic area coordination center (GACC) at the point of origin for the incident. A GACC is a facility used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional resources in support of one or more incidents within a geographic area."ICS209ReportDateTimeThe date and time of the latest approved ICS-209 report.ICS209ReportForTimePeriodFromThe date and time of the beginning of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission.ICS209ReportForTimePeriodToThe date and time of the end of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission. ICS209ReportStatusThe version of the ICS-209 report (initial, update, or final). There should never be more than one initial report, but there can be numerous updates and multiple finals (as determined by business rules).IncidentManagementOrganizationThe incident management organization for the incident, which may be a Type 1, 2, or 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), a Unified Command, a Unified Command with an IMT, National Incident Management Organization (NIMO), etc. This field is null if no team is assigned.IncidentNameThe name assigned to an incident.IncidentShortDescriptionGeneral descriptive location of the incident such as the number of miles from an identifiable town. IncidentTypeCategoryThe Event Category is a sub-group of the Event Kind code and description. The Event Category breaks down the Event Kind into more specific event categories.IncidentTypeKindA general, high-level code and description of the types of incidents and planned events to which the interagency wildland fire community responds.InitialLatitudeThe latitude of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialLongitudeThe longitude of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialResponseAcresAn estimate of acres burning at the time of initial response (when the IC arrives and performs initial size up) The minimum size must be 0.1. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.InitialResponseDateTimeThe date/time of the initial response to the incident (when the IC arrives and performs initial size up)IrwinIDUnique identifier assigned to each incident record in IRWIN.IsFireCauseInvestigatedIndicates if an investigation is underway or was completed to determine the cause of a fire.IsFSAssistedIndicates if the Forest Service provided assistance on an incident outside their jurisdiction.IsMultiJurisdictionalIndicates if the incident covers multiple jurisdictions.IsReimbursableIndicates the cost of an incident may be another agency’s responsibility.IsTrespassIndicates if the incident is a trespass claim or if a bill will be pursued.IsUnifiedCommandIndicates whether the incident is being managed under Unified Command. Unified Command is an application of the ICS used when there is more than one agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Under Unified Command, agencies work together through their designated IC at a single incident command post to establish common objectives and issue a single Incident Action Plan.LocalIncidentIdentifierA number or code that uniquely identifies an incident for a particular local fire management organization within a particular calendar year.ModifiedBySystemArcGIS Server username of system that last modified the IRWIN Incident record.PercentContainedIndicates the percent of incident area that is no longer active. Reference definition in fire line handbook when developing standard.PercentPerimeterToBeContainedIndicates the percent of perimeter left to be completed. This entry is appropriate for full suppression, point/zone protection, and confine fires, or any combination of these strategies. This entry is not used for wildfires managed entirely under a monitor strategy. (Note: Value is not currently being passed by ICS-209)POOCityThe closest city to the incident point of origin.POOCountyThe County Name identifying the county or equivalent entity at point of origin designated at the time of collection.POODispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for the dispatch center that intersects with the incident point of origin.POOFipsThe code which uniquely identifies

The FireOccurrence point layer represents ignition points, or points of origin, from which individual USFS wildland fires started. Data are maintained at the Forest/District level, or their equivalent, to track the occurrence and the origin of individual USFS wildland fires. Forests are working to include historical data, which may be incomplete.National USFS fire occurrence locations where wildland fires have historically occurred on National Forest System Lands and/or where protection is the responsibility of the US Forest Service. Knowing where wildland fire events have happened in the past is critical to land management efforts in the future.This data is utilized by fire & aviation staffs, land managers, land planners, and resource specialists on and around National Forest System Lands. The attributes included within the FireOccurrence point layer are needed to meet the needs of the US Forest Service, for data exchange between interagency data systems, to relate to the FirePerimeter polygon data layer and various fire data systems, and to track the locations of wildland fires.*This data has been updated to match 2021 National GIS Data Dictionary Standards.Metadata and Downloads

Here are a few use cases for this project:

1. Emergency Response Systems: The "fire detection" model can be integrated into security systems of commercial or residential properties to detect potential fire hazards and instantly alert the emergency services, typical users being fire departments and security companies.

2. Forest Fire Detection: The model can be used in combination with drone or satellite imagery to detect early start of forest fires, thus enabling quick response to prevent larger wildfires. The typical users would be environmental protection agencies and government organizations.

3. Industry Safety: Industries with high risk of fire, such as oil refineries or power plants, can use the model to constantly monitor their facilities for any signs of fire or unusual smoke, contributing to workplace safety. The key users would be industrial corporations and safety inspectors.

4. Insurance Companies: By analyzing imagery of fire damages, insurance companies could use this model to assist in claim assessment and fraud detection. Insurance companies and insurance investigators would be main users.

5. Smart Home Systems: Home automation developers can implement this model in their smart home systems to provide an additional layer of security, alerting homeowners of any fire threats in real-time. The primary users include smart home system developers and homeowners.

This is an updated and extended record of the Global Fire Atlas introduced by Andela et al. (2019). Input data (burned area and land cover products) are updated to the MODIS Collection 6.1 (the previous version was based on collection 6.0 burned area and collection 5.1 land cover products, respectively). The timeseries is extended to cover the period 2002 to February 2024.

Methodological Notes:

The method employed to create the dataset precisely follows the approach described by Andela et al. (2019).

The input burned area product is MCD64A1 Collection 6.1. It is described by Giglio et al. (2018) and available at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/mcd64a1v061/.

The input land cover product is MCD12Q1 Collection 6.1. It is described by Sulla-Menashe et al. (2019) and available at: https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/mcd12q1v061/.

Note that while the methods have remained the same compared to Andela et al. (2019), we do observe small differences between the Global Fire Atlas products originating from differences between the MCD64A1 collection 6.1 burned area data used here and the collection 6 data used in the original product. In addition, we observe more substantial differences in the dominant land cover class associated with each fire due to the differences between the MCD12Q1 collection 6.1 data used here and collection 5.1 data used in the original product.

The original dataset included time series from 2003 to 2016, including the full fire season for each year. For each MODIS tile, the fire season is defined as the twelve months centred on the month with peak burend area (see Andela et al., 2019). Here we extended the time-series to include the fire season of 2002, and extended the time-series until February 2024. Therefore, both the 2023 and 2024 files will contain incomplete records. For example, for a MODIS tile with peak burned area in December, the 2023 fire season would be defined as the period from July 2023 to June 2024, with the current record ending in February 2024. For the purpose of time-series analysis, we note that the 2002 product may have been affected by outages of Terra-MODIS (most notably, June 15 2001 - July 3 2001 and March 19 2002 - March 28 2002), which affects the burn date estimates and Global Fire Atlas product. Following the launch of Aqua-MODIS in May 2002 burn date estimates are more reliable as estimated from both MODIS sensors onboard Terra and Aqua.

Usage Notes:

Table 1: Overview of the Global Fire Atlas data layers. The shapefiles of ignition locations (point) and fire perimeters (polygon) contain attribute tables with summary information for each individual fire, while the underlying 500 m gridded layers reflect the day-to-day behavior of the individual fires. In addition, we provide aggregated monthly summary layers at a 0.25° resolution for regional and global analyses.

Table 2: Overview of the Global Fire Atlas shapefile attribute tables. The shapefiles of ignition locations (point) and fire perimeters (polygon) contain attribute tables with summary information for each individual fire.

File Naming Convention:

GFA_v{time-stamp}_{data-type}_{fire_season}.{file_type}

{time-stamp} = Date that code was run.

{data-type} = “ignitions” or “perimeters” for vector files; “day_of_burn”, “direction”, “fire_line”, or “speed” for raster files.

{fire_season} = the locally-defined fire season in which the fire was ignited (see more below).

{file_type} = ".shp" for vector files; ".tif" for raster files.

Fire Season Convention:

Please note that the year string in filenames refers to the locally-defined fire season in which the fire ignited, not the calendar year. Hence the file GFA_v20240409_perimeters_2003.shp can include fires from the 2003 fire season that ignited in the calendar years 2002 or 2004. This is particularly relevant in the Southern extratropics and the northern hemisphere subtropics, where the fire seasons often span the new year. The local definition of the fire season is based on climatological peak in burned area as described by Andela et al. (2019).

Projections:

Vector data are provided on the WGS84 projection.

Raster data are provided on the MODIS sinusoidal projection used in NASA tiled products.

The Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) Group provides authoritative geospatial data products under the interagency Wildland Fire Data Program. Hosted in the National Interagency Fire Center ArcGIS Online Organization (The NIFC Org), WFIGS provides both internal and public facing data, accessible in a variety of formats.This service contains wildland fire incidents from the IRWIN (Integrated Reporting of Wildland Fire Information) integration service that meet the following criteria:Categorized in IRWIN as a Wildfire (WF) or Prescribed Fire (RX) recordHas not been declared contained, controlled, nor outHas not had fire report records completed (certified)Is Valid and not "quarantined" in IRWIN due to potential conflicts with other records"Fall-off" rules are used to ensure that stale records are not retained. Records are removed from this service under the following conditions:Fire Discovery Date Time is within the last 24 hours.Data are refreshed from IRWIN every 5 minutes.Fall-off rules are enforced hourly.Attributes:SourceOIDThe OBJECTID value of the source record in the source dataset providing the attribution.ABCDMiscA FireCode used by USDA FS to track and compile cost information for emergency IA fire suppression on A, B, C & D size class fires on FS lands.ADSPermissionStateIndicates the permission hierarchy that is currently being applied when a system utilizes the UpdateIncident operation.ContainmentDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared contained.ControlDateTimeThe date and time a wildfire was declared under control.CreatedBySystemArcGIS Server Username of system that created the IRWIN Incident record.IncidentSizeReported for a fire. The minimum size is 0.1.DiscoveryAcresAn estimate of acres burning when the fire is first reported by the first person to call in the fire. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.DispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for a dispatch center responsible for supporting the incident.EstimatedCostToDateThe total estimated cost of the incident to date.FinalAcresReported final acreage of incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByTitleThe title of the person that approved the final fire report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedByUnitNWCG Unit ID associated with the individual who approved the final report for the incident.FinalFireReportApprovedDateThe date that the final fire report was approved for the incident.FireBehaviorGeneralA general category describing how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography.FireBehaviorGeneral1A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography).FireBehaviorGeneral2A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography). FireBehaviorGeneral3A more specific category further describing the general fire behavior (how the fire is currently reacting to the influences of fuel, weather, and topography).FireCauseBroad classification of the reason the fire occurred identified as human, natural or unknown. FireCauseGeneralAgency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. For statistical purposes, fire causes are further broken into specific causes. FireCauseSpecificA further categorization of each General Fire Cause to indicate more specifically the agency or circumstance which started a fire or set the stage for its occurrence; source of a fire's ignition. FireCodeA code used within the interagency wildland fire community to track and compile cost information for emergency fire suppression expenditures for the incident. FireDepartmentIDThe U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) has created a national database of Fire Departments. Most Fire Departments do not have an NWCG Unit ID and so it is the intent of the IRWIN team to create a new field that includes this data element to assist the National Association of State Foresters (NASF) with data collection.FireDiscoveryDateTimeThe date and time a fire was reported as discovered or confirmed to exist. May also be the start date for reporting purposes.FireMgmtComplexityThe highest management level utilized to manage a wildland fire event. FireOutDateTimeThe date and time when a fire is declared out. FireStrategyConfinePercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Confine" is being implemented.FireStrategyFullSuppPercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Full Suppression" is being implemented.FireStrategyMonitorPercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Monitor" is being implemented.FireStrategyPointZonePercentIndicates the percentage of the incident area where the fire suppression strategy of "Point Zone Protection" is being implemented.FSJobCodeSpecific to the Forest Service, code use to indicate the FS job accounting code for the incident. Usually displayed as 2 char prefix on FireCode.FSOverrideCodeSpecific to the Forest Service, code used to indicate the FS override code for the incident. Usually displayed as a 4 char suffix on FireCode. For example, if the FS is assisting DOI, an override of 1502 will be used.GACC"A code that identifies the wildland fire geographic area coordination center (GACC) at the point of origin for the incident. A GACC is a facility used for the coordination of agency or jurisdictional resources in support of one or more incidents within a geographic area."ICS209ReportDateTimeThe date and time of the latest approved ICS-209 report.ICS209ReportForTimePeriodFromThe date and time of the beginning of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission.ICS209ReportForTimePeriodToThe date and time of the end of the time period for the current ICS-209 submission. ICS209ReportStatusThe version of the ICS-209 report (initial, update, or final). There should never be more than one initial report, but there can be numerous updates and multiple finals (as determined by business rules).IncidentManagementOrganizationThe incident management organization for the incident, which may be a Type 1, 2, or 3 Incident Management Team (IMT), a Unified Command, a Unified Command with an IMT, National Incident Management Organization (NIMO), etc. This field is null if no team is assigned.IncidentNameThe name assigned to an incident.IncidentShortDescriptionGeneral descriptive location of the incident such as the number of miles from an identifiable town. IncidentTypeCategoryThe Event Category is a sub-group of the Event Kind code and description. The Event Category breaks down the Event Kind into more specific event categories.IncidentTypeKindA general, high-level code and description of the types of incidents and planned events to which the interagency wildland fire community responds.InitialLatitudeThe latitude of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialLongitudeThe longitude of the initial reported point of origin specified in decimal degrees.InitialResponseAcresAn estimate of acres burning at the time of initial response (when the IC arrives and performs initial size up) The minimum size must be 0.1. The estimate should include number of acres within the current perimeter of a specific, individual incident, including unburned and unburnable islands.InitialResponseDateTimeThe date/time of the initial response to the incident (when the IC arrives and performs initial size up)IrwinIDUnique identifier assigned to each incident record in IRWIN.IsFireCauseInvestigatedIndicates if an investigation is underway or was completed to determine the cause of a fire.IsFSAssistedIndicates if the Forest Service provided assistance on an incident outside their jurisdiction.IsMultiJurisdictionalIndicates if the incident covers multiple jurisdictions.IsReimbursableIndicates the cost of an incident may be another agency’s responsibility.IsTrespassIndicates if the incident is a trespass claim or if a bill will be pursued.IsUnifiedCommandIndicates whether the incident is being managed under Unified Command. Unified Command is an application of the ICS used when there is more than one agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. Under Unified Command, agencies work together through their designated IC at a single incident command post to establish common objectives and issue a single Incident Action Plan.LocalIncidentIdentifierA number or code that uniquely identifies an incident for a particular local fire management organization within a particular calendar year.ModifiedBySystemArcGIS Server username of system that last modified the IRWIN Incident record.PercentContainedIndicates the percent of incident area that is no longer active. Reference definition in fire line handbook when developing standard.PercentPerimeterToBeContainedIndicates the percent of perimeter left to be completed. This entry is appropriate for full suppression, point/zone protection, and confine fires, or any combination of these strategies. This entry is not used for wildfires managed entirely under a monitor strategy. (Note: Value is not currently being passed by ICS-209)POOCityThe closest city to the incident point of origin.POOCountyThe County Name identifying the county or equivalent entity at point of origin designated at the time of collection.POODispatchCenterIDA unique identifier for the dispatch center that intersects with the incident point of origin.POOFipsThe code which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents. The first two digits are the FIPS State code and the last three are the county code within the state.POOJurisdictionalAgencyThe agency having land and resource management

The data included in this publication depict components of wildfire risk specifically for populated areas in the United States. These datasets represent where people live in the United States and the in situ risk from wildfire, i.e., the risk at the _location where the adverse effects take place.National wildfire hazard datasets of annual burn probability and fire intensity, generated by the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Pyrologix LLC, form the foundation of the Wildfire Risk to Communities data. Vegetation and wildland fuels data from LANDFIRE 2020 (version 2.2.0) were used as input to two different but related geospatial fire simulation systems. Annual burn probability was produced with the USFS geospatial fire simulator (FSim) at a relatively coarse cell size of 270 meters (m). To bring the burn probability raster data down to a finer resolution more useful for assessing hazard and risk to communities, we upsampled them to the native 30 m resolution of the LANDFIRE fuel and vegetation data. In this upsampling process, we also spread values of modeled burn probability into developed areas represented in LANDFIRE fuels data as non-burnable. Burn probability rasters represent landscape conditions as of the end of 2020. Fire intensity characteristics were modeled at 30 m resolution using a process that performs a comprehensive set of FlamMap runs spanning the full range of weather-related characteristics that occur during a fire season and then integrates those runs into a variety of results based on the likelihood of those weather types occurring. Before the fire intensity modeling, the LANDFIRE 2020 data were updated to reflect fuels disturbances occurring in 2021 and 2022. As such, the fire intensity datasets represent landscape conditions as of the end of 2022. The data products in this publication that represent where people live, reflect 2021 estimates of housing unit and population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau, combined with building footprint data from Onegeo and USA Structures, both reflecting 2022 conditions.The specific raster datasets included in this publication include:Building Count: Building Count is a 30-m raster representing the count of buildings in the building footprint dataset located within each 30-m pixel.Building Density: Building Density is a 30-m raster representing the density of buildings in the building footprint dataset (buildings per square kilometer [km²]).Building Coverage: Building Coverage is a 30-m raster depicting the percentage of habitable land area covered by building footprints.Population Count (PopCount): PopCount is a 30-m raster with pixel values representing residential population count (persons) in each pixel.Population Density (PopDen): PopDen is a 30-m raster of residential population density (people/km²).Housing Unit Count (HUCount): HUCount is a 30-m raster representing the number of housing units in each pixel.Housing Unit Density (HUDen): HUDen is a 30-m raster of housing-unit density (housing units/km²).Housing Unit Exposure (HUExposure): HUExposure is a 30-m raster that represents the expected number of housing units within a pixel potentially exposed to wildfire in a year. This is a long-term annual average and not intended to represent the actual number of housing units exposed in any specific year.Housing Unit Impact (HUImpact): HUImpact is a 30-m raster that represents the relative potential impact of fire to housing units at any pixel, if a fire were to occur. It is an index that incorporates the general consequences of fire on a home as a function of fire intensity and uses flame length probabilities from wildfire modeling to capture likely intensity of fire.Housing Unit Risk (HURisk): HURisk is a 30-m raster that integrates all four primary elements of wildfire risk - likelihood, intensity, susceptibility, and exposure - on pixels where housing unit density is greater than zero.

This dataset provides estimates of daily burned area, and daily fire start locations with the attribution from six developed scenarios in Yakutia, Russia. The data are at a 500 m resolution for the period from 2012-2020. Daily burned area was retrieved from combining Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Collection 6 burned area product and Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Sensor (VIIRS) I-band active fire product. Fire start location and timing were extracted from the daily burned area maps by searching for local minima within fire perimeters by using a search radius of 10 km. To account for the attribution for fire starts with multiple possible fire causes, we developed six scenarios that included all possible attribution priorities between the different fire causes (human, lightning, and overwintering fires). File descriptions: Daily_burned_area_20xx.tif:The daily burned area maps from 2012–2020 for Yakutiawere calculated by combining the MCD64A1 burned area and VNP14IMG active fire products.The raster value represents the day of burning.Fire_starts_Sx. shp:fire start attributions with assigned burned areas for Yakutia (2012–2020) from six developed scenarios.The field includes:(1) doy: the day of fire start in the year.(2) Year: 2012–2020.(3) SE: The spatial standard deviation of the fire start location.(4) Class: fire starts from human, lightning, and overwintering fires.(5) Area (km2): the burned area assigned to each fire start location.

Incident-based fire statistics, by type of casualty, age group of casualty, status of casualty and type of structure, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Canadian Armed Forces, 2005 to 2021.

The FirePerimeter polygon layer represents daily and final mapped wildland fire perimeters. Incidents of 10 acres or greater in size are expected. Incidents smaller than 10 acres in size may also be included. Data are maintained at the Forest/District level, or their equivalent, to track the area affected by wildland fire. Records in FirePerimeter include perimeters for wildland fires that have corresponding records in FIRESTAT, which is the authoritative data source for all wildland fire reports. FIRESTAT, the Fire Statistics System computer application, required by the USFS for all wildland fire occurrences on National Forest System Lands or National Forest-protected lands, is used to enter and maintain information from the Individual Fire Report (FS-5100-29).National USFS fire occurrence final fire perimeters where wildland fires have historically occurred on National Forest System Lands and/or where protection is the responsibility of the US Forest Service. Knowing where wildland fire events have happened in the past is critical to land management efforts in the future.This data is utilized by fire & aviation staffs, land managers, land planners, and resource specialists on and around National Forest System Lands.*This data has been updated to match 2021 National GIS Data Dictionary Standards.Metadata and DownloadsThis record was taken from the USDA Enterprise Data Inventory that feeds into the https://data.gov catalog. Data for this record includes the following resources: ISO-19139 metadata ArcGIS Hub Dataset ArcGIS GeoService CSV Shapefile GeoJSON KML For complete information, please visit https://data.gov.

Incidents of fire responded to by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.

This layer contains "LAST" or "ONLY" incident locations for the current calendar year (year-to-date) listed in the publicly available Incident Management Situation Reports and provided periodically by the NICC (usually daily during fire season). This dataset is refreshed/updated in January of every year. Some delay for the current calendar year"s data may happen as the refresh takes place. The purpose of this dataset is to provide the final occurrence of the IMSR incident locations for the current calendar year to the present to the public in a readily accessible data download and feature service. For years, the NICC maintained a large fire text file that fed a static map showing a visual representation of large fires on the IMSR. A similarly structured public facing "IMSR Incident Locations View: Final Occurrence Historical" dataset for the calendar years 2004 to last calendar year are available from the NIFC Open Data Site. Detailed attribute definitions and domains are provided in the "Data" tab under the "Fields" option. The NICC classifies large wildland fires as 100 acres or larger in timber and slash fuel models; 300 acres or larger in grass or brush fuel models; or when a Complex Incident Management Team is assigned. For full details on what constitutes a large fire, please refer to the Predictive Services Mob Guide. Currently maintained by the DOI, BLM, NOC, Fire Program. Contact BLM_OC_Fire_Geospatial@blm.gov or josterkamp@blm.gov for questions or comments.

Summary

This feature class documents the fire history on CMR from 1964 - present. This is 1 of 2 feature classes, a polygon and a point. This data has a variety of different origins which leads to differing quality of data. Within the polygon feature class, this contains perimeters that were mapped using a GPS, hand digitized, on-screen digitized, and buffered circles to the estimated acreage. These 2 files should be kept together. Within the point feature class, fires with only a location of latitude/longitude, UTM coordinate, TRS and no estimated acreage were mapped using a point location. GPS started being used in 1992 when the technology became available. Records from FMIS (Fire Management Information System) were reviewed and compared to refuge records. Polygon data in FMIS only occurs from 2012 to current and many acreage estimates did not match. This dataset includes ALL fires no matter the size.

This feature class documents the fire history on CMR from 1964 - present. This is 1 of 2 feature classes, a polygon and a point. This data has a variety of different origins which leads to differing quality of data. Within the polygon feature class, this contains perimeters that were mapped using a GPS, hand digitized, on-screen digitized, and buffered circles to the estimated acreage. These 2 files should be kept together. Within the point feature class, fires with only a location of latitude/longitude, UTM coordinate, TRS and no estimated acreage were mapped using a point location. GPS started being used in 1992 when the technology became available. Data origins include: Data origins include: 1) GPS Polygon-data (Best), 2) GPS Lat/Long or UTM, 3)TRS QS, 4)TRS Point, 6)Hand digitized from topo map, 7) Circle buffer, 8)Screen digitized, 9) FMIS Lat/Long. Started compiling fire history of CMR in 2007. This has been a 10 year process.FMIS doesn't include fires polygons that are less than 10 acres. This dataset has been sent to FMIS for FMIS records to be updated with correct information. The spreadsheet contains 10-15 records without spatial information and weren't included in either feature class. Fire information from 1964 - 1980 came from records Larry Eichhorn, BLM, provided to CMR staff. Mike Granger, CMR Fire Management Officer, tracked fires on an 11x17 legal pad and all this information was brought into Excel and ArcGIS. Frequently, other information about the fires were missing which made it difficult to back track and fill in missing data. Time was spent verifiying locations that were occasionally recorded incorrectly (DMS vs DD) and converting TRS into Lat/Long and/or UTM. CMR is divided into 2 different UTM zones, zone 12 and zone 13. This occasionally caused errors in projecting. Naming conventions caused confusion. Fires are frequently names by location and there are several "Soda Creek", "Rock Creek", etc fires. Fire numbers were occasionally missing or incorrect. Fires on BLM were included if they were "Assists". Also, fires on satellite refuges and the district were also included. Acreages from GIS were compared to FMIS acres. Please see documentation in ServCat (URL) to see how these were handled.

The data included in this publication depict components of wildfire risk specifically for populated areas in the United States. These datasets represent where people live in the United States and the in situ risk from wildfire, i.e., the risk at the location where the adverse effects take place.National wildfire hazard datasets of annual burn probability and fire intensity, generated by the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Pyrologix LLC, form the foundation of the Wildfire Risk to Communities data. Vegetation and wildland fuels data from LANDFIRE 2020 (version 2.2.0) were used as input to two different but related geospatial fire simulation systems. Annual burn probability was produced with the USFS geospatial fire simulator (FSim) at a relatively coarse cell size of 270 meters (m). To bring the burn probability raster data down to a finer resolution more useful for assessing hazard and risk to communities, we upsampled them to the native 30 m resolution of the LANDFIRE fuel and vegetation data. In this upsampling process, we also spread values of modeled burn probability into developed areas represented in LANDFIRE fuels data as non-burnable. Burn probability rasters represent landscape conditions as of the end of 2020. Fire intensity characteristics were modeled at 30 m resolution using a process that performs a comprehensive set of FlamMap runs spanning the full range of weather-related characteristics that occur during a fire season and then integrates those runs into a variety of results based on the likelihood of those weather types occurring. Before the fire intensity modeling, the LANDFIRE 2020 data were updated to reflect fuels disturbances occurring in 2021 and 2022. As such, the fire intensity datasets represent landscape conditions as of the end of 2022. The data products in this publication that represent where people live, reflect 2021 estimates of housing unit and population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau, combined with building footprint data from Onegeo and USA Structures, both reflecting 2022 conditions.The specific raster datasets included in this publication include:Building Count: Building Count is a 30-m raster representing the count of buildings in the building footprint dataset located within each 30-m pixel.Building Density: Building Density is a 30-m raster representing the density of buildings in the building footprint dataset (buildings per square kilometer [km²]).Building Coverage: Building Coverage is a 30-m raster depicting the percentage of habitable land area covered by building footprints.Population Count (PopCount): PopCount is a 30-m raster with pixel values representing residential population count (persons) in each pixel.Population Density (PopDen): PopDen is a 30-m raster of residential population density (people/km²).Housing Unit Count (HUCount): HUCount is a 30-m raster representing the number of housing units in each pixel.Housing Unit Density (HUDen): HUDen is a 30-m raster of housing-unit density (housing units/km²).Housing Unit Exposure (HUExposure): HUExposure is a 30-m raster that represents the expected number of housing units within a pixel potentially exposed to wildfire in a year. This is a long-term annual average and not intended to represent the actual number of housing units exposed in any specific year.Housing Unit Impact (HUImpact): HUImpact is a 30-m raster that represents the relative potential impact of fire to housing units at any pixel, if a fire were to occur. It is an index that incorporates the general consequences of fire on a home as a function of fire intensity and uses flame length probabilities from wildfire modeling to capture likely intensity of fire.Housing Unit Risk (HURisk): HURisk is a 30-m raster that integrates all four primary elements of wildfire risk - likelihood, intensity, susceptibility, and exposure - on pixels where housing unit density is greater than zero.Additional methodology documentation is provided with the data publication download. Metadata and Downloads.Note: Pixel values in this image service have been altered from the original raster dataset due to data requirements in web services. The service is intended primarily for data visualization. Relative values and spatial patterns have been largely preserved in the service, but users are encouraged to download the source data for quantitative analysis.

FIRE_POINT: This dataset represents points of origins of BLM fires that occur naturally (e.g., lightning) or by humans accidentally (e.g., escaped campfire) or maliciously across Oregon and Washington. The dataset includes some, but not all, historic fires (fires declared ‘out’ in calendar years prior to the current year). There is no lower size limit for fires to be included. In addition, many non-BLM Federal and State agencies fire origins are present.

This layer presents detectable thermal activity from VIIRS satellites for the last 7 days. VIIRS Thermal Hotspots and Fire Activity is a product of NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE) Earth Observation Data, part of NASA's Earth Science Data.Consumption Best Practices: As a service that is subject to Viral loads (very high usage), avoid adding Filters that use a Date/Time type field. These queries are not cacheable and WILL be subject to Rate Limiting by ArcGIS Online. To accommodate filtering events by Date/Time, we encourage using the included "Age" fields that maintain the number of Days or Hours since a record was created or last modified compared to the last service update. These queries fully support the ability to cache a response, allowing common query results to be supplied to many users without adding load on the service.When ingesting this service in your applications, avoid using POST requests, these requests are not cacheable and will also be subject to Rate Limiting measures.Source: NASA LANCE - VNP14IMG_NRT active fire detection - WorldScale/Resolution: 375-meterUpdate Frequency: Hourly using the aggregated live feed methodologyArea Covered: WorldWhat can I do with this layer?This layer represents the most frequently updated and most detailed global remotely sensed wildfire information. Detection attributes include time, location, and intensity. It can be used to track the location of fires from the recent past, a few hours up to seven days behind real time. This layer also shows the location of wildfire over the past 7 days as a time-enabled service so that the progress of fires over that timeframe can be reproduced as an animation.The VIIRS thermal activity layer can be used to visualize and assess wildfires worldwide. However, it should be noted that this dataset contains many “false positives” (e.g., oil/natural gas wells or volcanoes) since the satellite will detect any large thermal signal.Fire points in this service are generally available within 3 1/4 hours after detection by a VIIRS device. LANCE estimates availability at around 3 hours after detection, and esri livefeeds updates this feature layer every 15 minutes from LANCE.Even though these data display as point features, each point in fact represents a pixel that is >= 375 m high and wide. A point feature means somewhere in this pixel at least one "hot" spot was detected which may be a fire.VIIRS is a scanning radiometer device aboard the Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 satellites that collects imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans in several visible and infrared bands. The VIIRS Thermal Hotspots and Fire Activity layer is a livefeed from a subset of the overall VIIRS imagery, in particular from NASA's VNP14IMG_NRT active fire detection product. The downloads are automatically downloaded from LANCE, NASA's near real time data and imagery site, every 15 minutes.The 375-m data complements the 1-km Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Thermal Hotspots and Fire Activity layer; they both show good agreement in hotspot detection but the improved spatial resolution of the 375 m data provides a greater response over fires of relatively small areas and provides improved mapping of large fire perimeters.Attribute informationLatitude and Longitude: The center point location of the 375 m (approximately) pixel flagged as containing one or more fires/hotspots.Satellite: Whether the detection was picked up by the Suomi NPP satellite (N) or NOAA-20 satellite (1). For best results, use the virtual field WhichSatellite, redefined by an arcade expression, that gives the complete satellite name.Confidence: The detection confidence is a quality flag of the individual hotspot/active fire pixel. This value is based on a collection of intermediate algorithm quantities used in the detection process. It is intended to help users gauge the quality of individual hotspot/fire pixels. Confidence values are set to low, nominal and high. Low confidence daytime fire pixels are typically associated with areas of sun glint and lower relative temperature anomaly (<15K) in the mid-infrared channel I4. Nominal confidence pixels are those free of potential sun glint contamination during the day and marked by strong (>15K) temperature anomaly in either day or nighttime data. High confidence fire pixels are associated with day or nighttime saturated pixels.Please note: Low confidence nighttime pixels occur only over the geographic area extending from 11 deg E to 110 deg W and 7 deg N to 55 deg S. This area describes the region of influence of the South Atlantic Magnetic Anomaly which can cause spurious brightness temperatures in the mid-infrared channel I4 leading to potential false positive alarms. These have been removed from the NRT data distributed by FIRMS.FRP: Fire Radiative Power. Depicts the pixel-integrated fire radiative power in MW (MegaWatts). FRP provides information on the measured radiant heat output of detected fires. The amount of radiant heat energy liberated per unit time (the Fire Radiative Power) is thought to be related to the rate at which fuel is being consumed (Wooster et. al. (2005)).DayNight: D = Daytime fire, N = Nighttime fireHours Old: Derived field that provides age of record in hours between Acquisition date/time and latest update date/time. 0 = less than 1 hour ago, 1 = less than 2 hours ago, 2 = less than 3 hours ago, and so on.Additional information can be found on the NASA FIRMS site FAQ.Note about near real time data:Near real time data is not checked thoroughly before it's posted on LANCE or downloaded and posted to the Living Atlas. NASA's goal is to get vital fire information to its customers within three hours of observation time. However, the data is screened by a confidence algorithm which seeks to help users gauge the quality of individual hotspot/fire points. Low confidence daytime fire pixels are typically associated with areas of sun glint and lower relative temperature anomaly (<15K) in the mid-infrared channel I4. Medium confidence pixels are those free of potential sun glint contamination during the day and marked by strong (>15K) temperature anomaly in either day or nighttime data. High confidence fire pixels are associated with day or nighttime saturated pixels.RevisionsSeptember 15, 2022: Updated to include 'Hours_Old' field. Time series has been disabled by default, but still available.July 5, 2022: Terms of Use updated to Esri Master License Agreement, no longer stating that a subscription is required!This layer is provided for informational purposes and is not monitored 24/7 for accuracy and currency.If you would like to be alerted to potential issues or simply see when this Service will update next, please visit our Live Feed Status Page!