Fire Regime

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Ecology & Recovery

Working definition

The characteristic pattern of fire frequency, seasonality, size, intensity, severity and type associated with an ecosystem or landscape over time.

In plain language

The characteristic pattern of fire frequency, seasonality, size, intensity, severity and type associated with an ecosystem or landscape over time.

Why it matters

Fire Regime is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.