get_fire_detections

Get satellite fire and thermal-anomaly detections in a bounding box.

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/firms/get_fire_detections/?west=4.0&south=57.5&east=32.0&north=72.0&days=1&source=VIIRS_SNPP_NRT&date={date}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {west}, {south}, {east}, {north}, {days}, {source}, {date} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/firms/get_fire_detections?west=4.0&south=57.5&east=32.0&north=72.0&days=1&source=VIIRS_SNPP_NRT&date={date}&limit=25&offset=0.

ParameterRequirementJSON typeDescription
westoptionalnumberWestern WGS84 longitude.
southoptionalnumberSouthern WGS84 latitude.
eastoptionalnumberEastern WGS84 longitude.
northoptionalnumberNorthern WGS84 latitude.
daysoptionalintegerDay range, 1-5.
sourceoptionalstringFIRMS sensor product such as VIIRS_SNPP_NRT or MODIS_NRT.
dateoptionalunionOptional starting date as YYYY-MM-DD; omit for the latest data.
limitoptionalintegerGateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
offsetoptionalintegerNumber of list items to skip; default 0.
Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/firms/get_fire_detections?west=4.0&south=57.5&east=32.0&north=72.0&days=1&source=VIIRS_SNPP_NRT&date={date}&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/firms/get_fire_detections?west=4.0&south=57.5&east=32.0&north=72.0&days=1&source=VIIRS_SNPP_NRT&date={date}&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/firms/get_fire_detections?west=4.0&south=57.5&east=32.0&north=72.0&days=1&source=VIIRS_SNPP_NRT&date={date}&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "firms",
  "operation": "get_fire_detections",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "..."}
}
Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

Type: decimal number. Western WGS84 longitude.
Type: decimal number. Southern WGS84 latitude.
Type: decimal number. Eastern WGS84 longitude.
Type: decimal number. Northern WGS84 latitude.
Type: integer. Day range, 1-5.
Type: string. FIRMS sensor product such as VIIRS_SNPP_NRT or MODIS_NRT.
Type: string. Optional starting date as YYYY-MM-DD; omit for the latest data.

Continue exploring

How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the get_fire_detections lookup

  1. Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
  2. Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
  3. Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.