# nasa_firms_search_fires

Search NASA FIRMS satellite active-fire/hotspot detections inside a bounded latitude/longitude box. Uses LiveDataLink's D1 mirror by default when configured, or the NASA Area API when live mode is requested. Results include acquisition time, satellite/sensor, confidence, fire radiative power, brightness, and day/night flag. Supports limit/offset pagination. A hotspot is a satellite thermal anomaly, not confirmation of a wildfire; verify consequential decisions with incident authorities and NASA FIRMS. The interactive bounding box is limited to 60 degrees wide by 30 degrees high; split larger regions into multiple calls.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `nasa_firms_search_fires`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink/nasa-firms-search-fires

## Facts

- Tool: `nasa_firms_search_fires`
- Server: Livedatalink (`https://livedatalink.ai/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-blackboxfoundry-livedatalink.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/blackboxfoundry/livedatalink
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 11 (4 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `east` | number | yes | Eastern longitude; must be greater than west. |
| `west` | number | yes | Western longitude of the bounding box. |
| `limit` | integer | no | Maximum detections returned. Default 25. |
| `north` | number | yes | Northern latitude; must be greater than south. |
| `south` | number | yes | Southern latitude of the bounding box. |
| `offset` | integer | no | Rows to skip for pagination. Default 0. |
| `source` | string | no | NASA FIRMS sensor product. Default VIIRS_NOAA20_NRT. |
| `data_mode` | string | no | auto uses the D1 mirror when configured; hosted requires D1; live requires NASA_FIRMS_MAP_KEY. Default auto. |
| `day_range` | integer | no | Number of days from start_date, or most recent days when omitted. Default 1. |
| `start_date` | string | no | Optional first UTC date in YYYY-MM-DD form. |
| `response_format` | string | no | Human-readable markdown or machine-readable JSON. Default markdown. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nasa_firms_search_fires",
    "arguments": {
      "east": 0,
      "west": 0,
      "north": 0,
      "south": 0
    }
  }
}
```

## Why nasa_firms_search_fires is rated Low

Even though nasa_firms_search_fires only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

Risk signals: High parameter count (11 properties)

## Use case

AI agents call nasa_firms_search_fires to retrieve information from Livedatalink without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Livedatalink:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "nasa_firms_search_fires": {}
  }
}
```

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