The Global Wildfire Information System is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Program which provides a comprehensive view and evaluation of fire regimes and fire effects at the global level and provides tools to support operational wildfire management. The Current Situation Viewer provides fire danger forecast up to 10 days in advance, 1-day lightning forecast and near-real time information on active fires, burnt areas and emissions worldwide. The country profile section provides historical overviews of fire regimes at country and sub-country level for the period 2002-2019. It includes maps of yearly/monthly burnt areas, burnt area frequency and seasonality. Furthermore, it presents single-year and multi-year charts of fires, fire size distribution, burnt areas and emissions, including data on landcover damage and fire seasonality. The data and services section provides access to the data used in the GWIS applications. Data from the Current Situation Viewer are provided from the WMS (Web Map Service​)