Monitoring

Map Explorer
Dashboard

Analysis

Trends
Historical Dossiers
Archive Intelligence

Protected Areas

National Parks
Alerts
Risk Zones

Settings

ZimFireWatch

Near-Realtime Veld Fire Monitoring
& Early Response Dashboard

LIVE — VIIRS & MODIS

00:00:00 CAT

Map Controls

Zimbabwe

Satellite (NASA FIRMS)

Active Hotspots (Live API)

Opacity

80%

Rendering Mode

Time WindowLast 72h

24h7 Days

NASA Satellite Recon (Burn Scars)

Vegetation Index (NDVI)

Land Cover (ESA WorldCover)

Urban Heat Island

Heat Vulnerability

Administrative & Parks

Provinces

Districts

Wards

National Parks

Opacity

20%

Historical Records

Yearly Burned Area

20-Year Fire History

Syncing Satellite IntelNASA FIRMS Pipeline Active

Basemap

Base Indicators

ZimFireWatch

by ZINGSA

A near real-time wildfire detection and early warning platform developed by the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency (ZINGSA) to support national disaster management and environmental monitoring.

National Mandate

Earth Observation & Remote Sensing
National Disaster Risk Reduction
Environmental Hazard Monitoring
Veld Fire Early Warning Systems
Geospatial Data for Crisis Response
National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Crisis Monitoring

Zimbabwe experiences severe veld fire seasons annually, particularly between July and October, affecting communal lands, national parks, and commercial farms.

Fire data is sourced from NASA FIRMS (VIIRS & MODIS) sensors with near real-time latency of approximately 3 hours from overpass.

Contact ZINGSA

630 Churchill, Mount Pleasant,
Harare, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Science Park 1,
University of Zimbabwe
+263 8677009885
publicrelations@zingsa.ac.zw

Integrated Data Nodes

• NASA FIRMS

• ESA WorldCover 10m

• Google Earth Engine

• OpenStreetMap

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