Satellite based active hotspot products are numerous and freely available in Australia. While multiple theoretical and actual measures of performance exist, understanding the relative performance of hotspot products can be challenging.  In a collaboration led by Geosciences Australia and Landgate, Remote Sensing Scientist at NSW DCCEEW are contributing to a framework to assess the relative performance of open, publicly available hotspot sources and algorithms, including comparison to high resolution reflectance images from Landsat and Sentinel-2, persistent hotspots from industrial sources, and against independent fire progression data.