Abstract: Forest-fire is a dominant disturbance in the terrestrial ecosystems, and it can wreak havoc forest ecosystems. Remote sensing satellites provide real-time information records and detection for land surface, especially for the severe surface change phenomena such as forest-fire. In this paper, we tracked the history of forest fire monitoring by using of aerial and space remote sensing. And we summarized the study status and progress of fire risk rating, fire point extraction, burned area assessment, forest-fire monitoring and post-fire vegetation recovery evaluation from 3 aspects of forest-fire prediction, real-time forest-fire monitoring, and post-fire assessment. Furthermore, we discussed the advantages and shortcomings of forest fire monitoring by use of remote sensing technology and put forward proposals and prospects for future research. We provide references for further researches with the respect of forest-fire prediction, real-time forest-fire monitoring, and post-fire assessment based on remote sensing.