Fire Return Interval

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Ecology & Recovery

Working definition

The average or estimated time between fires affecting a defined point or area under a stated method.

In plain language

The average or estimated time between fires affecting a defined point or area under a stated method.

Why it matters

Fire Return Interval 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.