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EFFIS Active Fire Hotspots

Filtered MODIS and VIIRS thermal-detection layers for current European wildfire discovery and corroboration.

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At a Glance

Difficulty
Intermediate — some data preparation helps
Size
Tiny · ≤0.01 GB
Formats
GeoTIFF
Access
API
API Key
Not Required
Provider
Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS
Updates
Near Real Time
Last Verified
Sep 28, 2026
Source Type
Intergovernmental Source
Data Terms
EFFIS EU-owned presentation and filtering are CC BY 4.0 unless marked otherwise; underlying NASA FIRMS detections require their own source credit.
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From Source to Product Signal

Test a Product Idea in Four Steps

EFFIS filters FIRMS thermal detections into its all.hs active-fire WMS layer. Start with a small map tile; a hotspot may be another heat source and is not a confirmed perimeter.

1

Check the Setup

  • Python 3.10 or newer
  • An internet connection
  • The requests Python package
2

Access the Data

  1. 1.Read EFFIS's detection methodology and credit both EFFIS and FIRMS.
  2. 2.Request a small all.hs image from the public WMS.
  3. 3.Keep sensor, time, and false-positive limits visible when interpreting hotspots.
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3

Run the Python Example

Install the packages, then run the notebook cell.

python -m pip install requests

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://maps.effis.emergency.copernicus.eu/effis",
    params={"SERVICE": "WMS", "VERSION": "1.1.1", "REQUEST": "GetMap",
            "LAYERS": "all.hs", "STYLES": "default", "SRS": "EPSG:4326",
            "BBOX": "5,45,6,46", "WIDTH": 32, "HEIGHT": 32,
            "FORMAT": "image/tiff"},
    timeout=25,
)
response.raise_for_status()
assert response.content[:4] in (b"II*\x00", b"MM\x00*"), "Expected GeoTIFF"
print("EFFIS hotspot GeoTIFF bytes:", len(response.content))
4

Test a Useful Signal

Inspect an Active-Fire Layer

Display a bounded thermal-detection tile as discovery context.

  1. 01Fetch one all.hs WMS tile.
  2. 02Label the geographic bounds and EFFIS/FIRMS attribution.
  3. 03Explain detection delays and why a thermal anomaly is not a verified wildfire.

Related Datasets

Dataset Details

Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS is an intergovernmental source. Last verified 2026-09-28. Temporal coverage: recent filtered satellite thermal detections.

Domains

Wildfires

Data Types

Raster

Geography

Europe

Formats

GeoTIFF

Provider

Copernicus Emergency Management Service EFFIS

Data Terms

EFFIS EU-owned presentation and filtering are CC BY 4.0 unless marked otherwise; underlying NASA FIRMS detections require their own source credit.

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